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Umweltproblematik
One Health

Holistic approach

To fight zoonotic diseases, KfW development bank endorses the One Health strategy

Environmental protection

Nice try

Why an important court ruling concerning Bangladesh’s natural environment did not set an internationally relevant precedent

Food insecurity

As in biblical times

East Africa is living with the looming threat of a second invasion of desert locusts

Fisheries

Dying out

As fish catches in Burundi dwindle, fishers face hard times

Multilateral development banks

Too many loopholes

The AIIB needs clear time-bound rules on information disclosure to mitigate environmental and social risk

Public finance

In the driver’s seat

African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability

SDGs

Indispensable private sector

DEG assesses development impacts precisely and intends to promote women more

Environment

Running dry

Zimbabwe’s drought drags on, causing severe hardships across the population and with no end in sight

Buen Vivir

The good life

The indigenous development concept of Buen Vivir aims to ensure material, social and spiritual satisfaction for all

Solar energy

Power from the sun

Zambia increasingly is relying on solar power and developing a related industry

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Sustainability

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