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Irrigation
Moutaz Ali

Freshwater from the desert

Libya has the world’s largest irrigation project

Water stress
Damilola Oyedele

The dwindling lake

Climate change in the Lake Chad region affects several countries negatively

Diabetes
Sonja Peteranderl

Mexico’s sugar war

Soft-drink manufacturers fight policies that serve to curb excessive sugar consumption

Garment production
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Glimmers of hope

In Bangladesh´s garment industry there are entrepreneurs who are improving working condition for their staff

International cooperation
Gerd Müller
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Our success will depend on joint action”

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, proposes launching a Marshall Plan with Africa

Research
Sebastian Rewerski

More than a lack of money

Well-being and happiness are key criteria for a “rich” and contented life

SDGs
Jörn Geißelmann

Programmes for the poorest of the poor

To eradicate extreme poverty the ultra-poor need to be reached

African reality
Frank Masanta Jr.

Vision 2030

Zambia’s government has committed to the SDGs, but they will most likely prove quite difficult to achieve

Identity politics
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Lip service to the SDGs

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi insists that his government is setting an example of good governance, but not everyone agrees

Sustainability
Chinedu Moghalu

Building greening economies

Africa’s private sector must drive transformation to sustainability, but global cooperation is needed too

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
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

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”