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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Wind and solar
Jakkie Cilliers

The right approach to catching up

Africa is exposed to serious climate risks, but the continent contributes very little to global carbon emissions

Renewables
Friederike Bauer
Achim Neumann

Networks and storage needed

The global transition towards renewable energy can only succeed if the necessary networks and storage capacities are available

Universal basic income
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

Social transfers stabilise aggregate demand

The Covid-19 crisis is the right time to test UBI policies

UN forecast
Sarah Josef

55 countries will see their population shrink by 2050

UN statistics show that migration has an impact on how individual countries’ populations develop

Fossil fuel
Nora Sausmikat
Quirin Jetschke

Bangladesh’s coal boom

International financial institutions are funding coal power in Bangladesh

Fossil fuel industry
Nora Sausmikat
Quirin Jetschke

China continues to finance coal power around the world

China’s energy policy is full of contradictions

Fuel prices
Karim Okanla

Strained relations

Petrol smuggling has had a negative impact on Benin’s relations with its giant neighbour Nigeria

Green power
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Behind schedule

At current trends, India will not achieve important climate goals

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The opportunity of crisis

Covid-19 has dramatically reduced energy consumption around the world, providing an opportunity for a rethink

Global crisis
Christoph Hoffmann

Debt swaps make sense

Donor governments must not let Covid-19 undo the development success of past decades

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court