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Waste management
Roshan Sharma

Part of a system

Landfills are only one component of waste management

Olympic Games in Rio
Julia Jaroschewski

Between hope and despair

Major sports events brought progress to Rio, but there is a lot more to do

Brazil
Julia Jaroschewski

Descent into chaos

Brazil now seems to be on the brink of collapse

Biodiversity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Rising to global threat

Pesticide use and climate change drive bees and butterflies toward extinction

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Harmful competition

World Bank and AIIB must not only pay lip service to social and environmental standards

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Rolling back protection

The World Bank plans to dilute its social and environmental standards

Interview
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

“Pool and share knowledge”

The role of the Asian Development Bank and other IFIs in the eyes of Germany’s BMZ

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Economics is just another social science

Economic models are less accurate than their precise maths suggest

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Traveling in times of terror

Humanity cannot afford too much air traffic

Greenhouse effect
Tomás Parker Cerda

Generating energy from waste

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

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies
How GDP statistics are misleading
Growth, green growth or degrowth?

Gender Equality

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

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Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence
Human rights for all
Kenya debates decriminalising suicide to address mental health

Governance

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

What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods

Sustainability

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

What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods