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In brief
Digital divide
Claudia Isabel Rittel

National broadband plans for faster, affordable internet

National broadband plans are crucial for network coverage and affordable internet access

Microplastics
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Scientists consider tiny chemicals to be health hazards

Microplastics probably have detrimental impacts on human health

CO2 emissions
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Make Xi keep his climate promises

Environmental experts assess China’s CO2 emissions in report published by Heinrich Böll Foundation

Education
Qaabata Boru

Initiatives that help refugee children

How some refugee camps manage to provide educational opportunities

Schools
Mukta Martens

Eight-week module on plastic waste for school curricula

The kNOw PLASTICS programme makes students understand waste problems and change their lifestyle accordingly

Environmental sustainability
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

First steps towards keeping environment toxin free

The EU wants its sustainable chemicals strategy to set global standards

Remote management
Jochen Harnisch
Meinhard Rögner

KfW remote project management with KoBoToolbox

In Burkina Faso, KfW bank uses KoBoToolbox, a remote management information system

Global environment
Hans-Christian Stolzenberg

Trailblazing UN conference

The international conference on chemicals management had to be postponed, but Germany intends to keep promoting the cause

Oxfam
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Fundamental change needed to overcome inequality

To enable everyone to live a good life, Oxfam demands social and environmental justice

Special interests
Michael Steffen
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The public good must not be left to powerful billionaires

Beware of plutocrats’ self-interest, even when they engage in philanthropy

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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