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Ukraine

Safety and new jobs for persecuted scientists

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative is supporting Ukrainian and Afghani scholars at risk

UNCCD
Chimezie Anajama

Ecosystems and other land-related resources must be secured

Due to unsustainable economic activity, huge quantities of useful land are lost every year, warns UN agency

Coronavirus
Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee

Dramatically diverging Covid numbers

The dispute between the Indian government and the WHO regarding the Coronavirus death toll

Amitruck
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Uber for trucks

Amitruck works like Uber for trucks and is a promising young company in Kenya

Financing
Thomas Festerling
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“We consider impact with every investment”

A finance executive explains what new African businesses need and how he advises them and assists with financing

Drought
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Travelling far to keep herds alive

Why drought exacerbates tensions between herders and farmers in East Africa

Drought
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Linking humanitarian relief to development and peacebuilding

Lessons to learn from the Horn of Africa’s third consecutive year of drought

Climate crisis
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Extreme heat endangers health

Nigeria is facing extreme heat – people have to adjust their lifestyle

Food security
D+C / E+Z

New global alliance

G7 are teaming up with international partners on the “Global Alliance for Food Security”

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

Extreme weather is no longer only a natural phenomenon, but exacerbated by human-made climate change

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Poverty Reduction

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

Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
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Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
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Financing development and climate goals

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust

Sustainability

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust