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Infrastructure
Dirk Messner

“We need to build shock resilience”

DIE-GDI director Dirk Messner assesses state of global climate action ahead of UN summit in Bonn

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The lasting impacts of the “little ice age”

In the 16th century, global cooling triggered a comprehensive transformation of European society

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Deadly mix: extreme weather, global warming, climate denial

Houston does not look like the American Dream right now

Climate adaptation
Nele Bünner
Till Below

Policy responses are needed

Senegal and Benin are implementing Nationally Determined Contributions with assistance from GIZ

Global governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Make paradigm shift happen

The paradigm shift towards sustainability must go ahead at full speed

Paris climate agreement
Thomas R. Loster

No time to rest on laurels

Two years on from the Paris climate agreement, countries now need to implement their goals

Least developed countries
Gebru Jember Endalew

Addressing our climate reality

The least developed countries demand a robust ‘rulebook’ to implement the Paris agreement and call for adequate support

USA
Jennifer Morgan
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The Republican party must wake up”

How to prevent Donald Trump from causing long-term climate harm

Climate finance
Anthony Nyong

The role of the African Development Bank

The international finance institution AfDB is rising to its responsibility in view of climate change

Climate finance
Anthony Nyong

African action

Africa is the world region most vulnerable to global warming and deserves support from donor governments

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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.

“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