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International law

Too many inconsistencies in western policy

The International Criminal Court (ICC) caused a stir when it issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Climate diplomacy

More must happen

While governments agreed on important issues at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, civil-society organisations did not get enough attention

Decolonisation

Colonial legacies still mark development affairs

After decades of debate, the impacts of the colonial era are still evident in development cooperation

Government revenues

Why UN probably cannot deliver more on taxes than OECD

Multilateral action should contribute to boosting government revenues

Multilateral policymaking

Involving local people in order to reach biodiversity goals

At the COP15 in Kunming-Montréal in 2022, Jochen Flasbarth helped broker consensus

Press review

African media on the Russia-Africa Summit

On 27 to 28 July 2023, the second Russia-Africa Summit was held in Saint Petersburg. Here are excerpts of selected pieces of African media coverage on the meeting

Role models

A powerful role model for African girls

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Democracy

How the Modi government is undermining Indian democracy

Hindu-supremacists are most awkward allies in the fight against authoritarianism internationally

Ecosystems

Hope for Brazil’s forests

The Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Amazon

Global Governance

Why “global south” is not a useful term

Some powerful nations – especially China – do not fit into the dichotomy of a global north and south

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Sustainability

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