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Umweltproblematik
Green industrial policy
Tilman Altenburg

Reducing poverty whilst transitioning to a green economy

The double challenge of generating growth and transitioning to clean economies

Clean energy
Franziska Wekenborg

Oikocredit invests in clean ­cooking

Why Oikocredit has invested in Inyenyeri

Cooking
Eric Reynolds
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“We consider ourselves a fuel utility”

Inyenyeri aspires to transform energy consumption in Africa in an eco-friendly way

Urbanisation
Majaletje Mathume

Inadequate infrastructure

Why the taps might have run dry in Cape Town

Electricity
Md Reaid Alam

Clean energy

To fully electrify Bangladesh by 2020, the government should invest in renewable energy

Urban development
Karim Okanla

Feeling the heat

Erosion and other impacts of climate change on urban life in Benin

Water
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Water crisis hits hospitals

Zimbabwe’s chronic water shortage causes health worries in hospitals

Investment climate
Drake Jamali

Budding businesses

In Burundi, SMEs want to make a difference

Agriculture
Raphael Mweninguwe

Local seeds resist climate change better

Farmers in Malawi realise that traditional local seed varieties are better suited to withstand droughts

Limits to growth
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Preventing systemic collapse

Club of Rome report calls for a new enlightenment for the "full world"

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Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

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

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts