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Umweltproblematik
Land degradation

Highland challenges

In mountain regions, soil degradation is particularly advanced and has serious consequences

Environment

Tribal leaders disagree on copper mine

Tribal chiefs are divided amongst themselves over a proposed open-cast copper mine in Zambia’s Zambezi National Park

Non-motorised transport

Expand sidewalks and bike lanes

Urban and transport planners around the world must pay more attention to pedestrians and cyclists

European Green Deal

More important than landing on the moon

The outlines of the European Green Deal

Climate policy

The way forward

Among rich nations, only the EU is still spelling out meaningful climate ambitions, as became evident in Madrid

Sanitation

Sinking under a wave of trash

Benin’s local governments are unprepared to deal with a serious problem of uncollected trash

Global environment

“Swimming against the tide”

Bangladeshi scholar Saleemul Huq assesses the role of the EU in international climate talks

Blog

Central banks should pay attention to environmental hazards

Policymakers must take potentially devastating impacts of the climate crisis into account

Organic farming

Four wheels of Zero Budget Natural Farming

Why the government of Andhra Pradesh, a South Indian state, is promoting organic farming

Agrarian reform

Agriculture without emissions

Political will is the most important driver of climate-neutral agriculture

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Sustainability

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