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Umweltproblematik
Food security
Humphrey Nkonde

Pest exacerbates poverty

Maize farmers in Zambia lose income due to pests and low prizes

Global warming
Shikha Jha

The case against fossil fuels

Public finances must serve to reduce greenhouse gases

Public budgets
Shikha Jha

Harmful government expenditure

Fossil fuel subsidies are unsustainable in both environmental and budgetary terms

Portrait
Charlotte Schmitz

A life for the wilderness

Portrait of the South African environmentalist and human rights activist Andrew Zaloumis

SDGs
Helge Arends

Moving forward in Mexico

With support from the GIZ, Mexico is working on mainstreaming climate and development policy

Waste management
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Anything but waste

KfW Development Bank is planning to intensify its efforts for waste management and to create new concepts

Tourism
Ali Shaaban Juma

Turtle conservation promotes eco-tourism

Civil-society projects in Zanzibar protect sea turtles, thereby attracting eco-tourists

Garment industry
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Sustainability a long way off

The fashion industry is growing rapidly, consuming ever more resources

Global climate
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Decarbonise now

World climate conference emphasises that time is short for implementing the Paris Agreement

KfW
Stephan Opitz
Friederike Bauer

“Getting people on board”

The KfW Development Bank becomes increasingly involved in marine conservation

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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