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India

Creating new standards

KfW supports energy-efficiency in Indian buildings

Forest protection

Bonus for early movers

KfW contributes to protecting Brazil’s rainforest

Multilateral affairs

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

Public transport for 30 million people

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

Editorial

More knowledge, more innovation

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

Infrastructure
Health

Cooking stoves kill

Over 7 million deaths annually are caused by air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation

Agriculture

Fire farming

Small farmers in southern Africa cannot make a living from their inefficient slash-and-burn agriculture

Environment

Urgent need for action

IPCC says that climate change can be mitigated, and warns that action must be taken fast

Twin cities

Tackling climate issues

Local governments in Germany draft and implement climate policies with twin cities in the Global South

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