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Umweltproblematik
Greenhouse effect
Tomás Parker Cerda

Generating energy from waste

In Chile, scientists show how to convert solid waste into energy

Environmental damages
Alie Yunus Kallay

Rainstorm and floods

In Sierra Leone, deforestation is causing more and worse floods

United Nations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Agreement to keep negotiating

The climate deal struck in Paris is ambitious, innovative and a bit awkward

Large Chinese companies
Doris Fischer

The government doesn’t control everything

Chinese corporations are new and ambitious actors on the world stage

Paris summit
Erik Solheim

Partnerships for climate action

Humankind can achieve SDGs, but must act on climate now

Water
Raphael Mweninguwe

Deadly wells

In Malawi, digging water wells can be dangerous

Climate change
Leonardo Rossi

From dream to nightmare

The cattle industry in Argentina is changing rapidly – not for the better

Animal keeping
Leonardo Rossi

Argentine beef is not what it used to be

Facts and figures concerning Argentina’s ranching industry

Indigenous peoples
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Flawed implementation

Laws concerning prior and informed consent of indigenous groups for resource exploitation often prove counterproductive in Latin America

Human Rights
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“For us, there is only death”

Indigenous environment activists are at risk all over the 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.

Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most

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