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In brief
Employment

The countryside needs a better image

Africa’s agriculture needs new blood, but young people are attracted to the cities

Faith-based organisations

Building trust

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development

Inter-faith dialogue

Shared values

Involving faith-based organisations in the SDG agenda makes sense, but is nothing trivial

Oikocredit

Fostering sustainable projects and businesses

Oikocredit keeps growing, and has promoted ethical investments in developing countries finance for more than 40 years

Ecology

Unsustainable business

FAO assesses state of world fisheries

Environment

City shores

Coastal megacities are affected by global warming – but they also contribute to the phenomenon

Authoritarian rule

Stick to principles

For human-rights defenders in Iran, the situation has deteriorated since the 2015 “nuclear deal”

Crises

Neglected by the world

Humanitarian agencies draw attention to neglected crises in order to help the people affected

AIIB

Lacking standards

Civil-society organisations complain that AIIB does not take account of human-rights violations

Environment

Coastal location

The history of the city of Lagos is closely tied to the sea

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