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Umweltproblematik
Sustainability
Imme Scholz

“Skip out-dated technologies”

Several issues are slowing down the global transition to renewable energies

Op-ed voices

“The future of the human race”

Asian and African newspapers’ comments on special climate summit in New York

Ecosystems
Lea Dünow
Christian Pirzer
Anja Schelchen

Protecting the environment

How people in Brazil can contribute to preventing natural catastrophes by protecting the environment

Leather

“Stricter than in Germany”

Uwe Hutzler: Setting sustainability standards in the tanning industry in Asia and the USA

India
Friederike Bauer

Creating new standards

KfW supports energy-efficiency in Indian buildings

Forest protection
Friederike Bauer

Bonus for early movers

KfW contributes to protecting Brazil’s rainforest

Multilateral affairs
Ronald Mangani

Value for money

Post 2015, the developing countries must improve governance, and the rich world must do more to provide global public goods

Urban infrastructure
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Public transport for 30 million people

Chinese megacity Chongqing wants to become a model for light-rail traffic

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More knowledge, more innovation

Sabine Balk: Farms must become more productive to feed all of humankind in the long run

Infrastructure
Matthias von Bechtolsheim
Eva Terberger

A brief history of irrigation

Evaluation of irrigation projects

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

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

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