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Hintergrund
Sustainability

A European brand

Europe must change course to achieve sustainability

Multilateral affairs

Global governance for SDGs

Peer pressure can contribute to achieving the SDGs – but more is needed

SDGs

Acceptance, not enforcement

The 2030 Agenda largely reflects and reinforces existing international law

Rural development

May we participate in your lives?

To cooperate well with smallholder farmers, we must understand what they do and how they think

Megacity

New islands for the rich

Though the sea level is set to rise, Lagos is growing out into the Atlantic Ocean

Global affairs

The needs of displaced persons

Forced displacement related to disasters is one of the great humanitarian challenges of the 21st century

Law of the sea

Pivoting Philippines

ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent

Climate change

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Law

Fishermen versus oil giant

Seven years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP has still not compensated Mexican fishing communities

Mangroves

Saving the Mekong Delta

Climate change is threatening the livelihood of many people along Vietnam’s coast

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