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The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has an explicit focus on sustainability.

Good News

Successful activism and WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

The two pieces of good news this month are about the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and on examples of activism that is paying off.

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Otto von Bismarck’s social-protection systems are arguably his most important legacy.

Reconsidering social protection

Why it would make sense to have internatonal safety nets

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by Hans Dembowski
Climate engineering aims to simulate the natural cooling effect of sulphate from volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere. Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador.

Climate engineering

Buying time

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by Floreana Miesen
Increasingly controversial: President Patrice Talon speaking in Cotonou this year.

Governance

Restricted freedom

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by Karim Okanla
Food security is particularly at risk in East Africa’s mountainous regions – women in Kenya’s Machakos region are affected.

Land degradation

Highland challenges

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by Floreana Miesen
Pro-peace protest in Washington.

Global governance

Stand up to the White House

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by Hans Dembowski
Station platform in Marrakech in Morocco.

Sustainable mobility

Fundamental transformation required

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by Floreana Miesen
Traffic chaos in Thailand’s capital.

Vehicle density

Overburdened infrastructure

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by Nicholas Hollmann

Environment

Tribal leaders disagree on copper mine

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by Derrick Silimina
Maasai herder in Kenya: GDP statistics do not accurately reflect standards of living in the rural areas of developing countries.

Book review

The growth delusion

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by Hans Dembowski
Infrastructure in the Nairobi agglomeration mostly facilitates motorised traffic.

Non-motorised transport

Expand sidewalks and bike lanes

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by Nicholas Hollmann