Development and
Cooperation

SDG13

Financial sector

Experts debate on how to achieve green economy

Johan Rockström, the eminent environment expert, considers biodiversity crisis more dangerous than climate crisis

Fighting poverty

Social protection improves food security

Why social safety nets are key to fighting hunger and poverty in the global south

Global Governance

In Sharm el-Sheikh, loss and damage must be on the agenda

A Bangladeshi perspective on this year’s UN climate summit

Rural development

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Why the FAO is promoting disadvantaged rural communities who live in intricate relationships with ecosystems

Fossil energy

Moscow and Riyadh share a longing for Trump

OPEC+ cuts oil production for economic reasons – and with geopolitical implications

Macroeconomics

The heavy burden of a strong dollar

How the fast appreciating US currency is causing stress in developing countries and emerging markets

Smallholder farmers

Neglected, but essential agricultural heritage

Why the future of human civilisation depends on impoverished farming communities in remote rural areas

Climate crisis

International media have largely neglected Uganda’s flooding

The realities of the climate crisis are becoming increasingly obvious – for example in Uganda

Laos/Vietnam

Forests are the world’s green lungs

KfW supports jungle areas in Laos and Vietnam, as these are carbon reservoirs and habitats for many endangered species

Our view

Pandemic lessons

Climate mitigation has positive health impacts internationally

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