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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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Investments in companies that supply underserved populations with essential goods such as food are a form of impact investing.

Impact investing

How to convince rich people to use their money for good

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by Nico Blaauw
Distribution of improved cooking devices in Rwanda: funds are allocated to projects such as this one under the contribution-claim model.

Contribution-claim approach

How companies can contribute to climate justice voluntarily

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by Lukas Küsters
by Kirsten Gade
Climate protests by Fridays for Future in Rome in April.

Climate activism

“The climate movement is much less naive now”

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by Linus Steinmetz
by Jörg Döbereiner
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, demanding payment of their wages before the Eid holidays.

Sustainable supply chains

“The law would be gutted before it even came into force”

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by Armin Paasch
by Leon Kirschgens
Donald Trump and Elon Musk in front of the White House in March – a textbook example of the merging of power and wealth.

Poverty reduction

Time to set a limit on extreme wealth

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by Olivier De Schutter
Eva-Maria Verfürth and Hans Dembowski.

On our own behalf

Our editor-in-chief says goodbye

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by Hans Dembowski
Herbicide application on a German field.

Harmful practices

Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

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by Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Jhumpa Lahiri 2022 in Rom.

Migration

Belonging to more than one nation

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by Maren van Treel
Woman feeding buffaloes, which are relevant for natural farming, in a village in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Healthy diets

Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

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by Sunita Narain
by Hans Dembowski
German funding is declining while humanitarian needs are growing: Sudanese refugees in Chad in late 2023.

German ODA

Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

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by Cornelia Möhring