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Preserving forests
Marianne Scholte

Cutting the losses

Deforestation in Indonesia has slowed considerably in recent years but more needs to be done to stop it entirely

Nature conservation
Nicolas Zuël
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Threatened by invasive species

A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius

International cooperation
Daniel Nordmann
Helmut Lang
Katrin Gronemeier

Averting “Day Zero”

How to improve urban water supply in sub-Saharan Africa

Water crisis
Katie Cashman

Parched and privatised

Chile faces serious water shortages due to the climate crisis

Urban life
Krupa Ge

No water – or too much of it

2019 Chennai suffered a terrible drought – after devastating flooding four years earlier

Climate protection
Hans-Jochen Luhmann
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Appropriate carbon prices

Why carbon emissions pricing and carbon shadow pricing both make sense

Governance
Riad Sultan
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Digitalisation and advanced technologies must be applied”

Mauritius’ water-supply problems result from faulty bad governance

Oil markets
Aviva Freudmann

How the mighty have fallen

Oil producers are not able to send shock waves through the global economy anymore

Wind and solar
Jakkie Cilliers

The right approach to catching up

Africa is exposed to serious climate risks, but the continent contributes very little to global carbon emissions

Renewables
Friederike Bauer
Achim Neumann

Networks and storage needed

The global transition towards renewable energy can only succeed if the necessary networks and storage capacities are available

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Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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