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Laos/Vietnam

Forests are the world’s green lungs

KfW supports jungle areas in Laos and Vietnam, as these are carbon reservoirs and habitats for many endangered species

Portrait

Exemplary wildlife conservation

Bolivian Lilian Painter campaigns for the preservation of the Madidi protected area in her country

Sustainability

Protecting both nature and the climate

Climate change and loss of biodiversity are mutually reinforcing – and KfW is taking that into account in its financing

Sustainable development

The future of the planet is on the line

Sustainable development includes progess for people, climate protection and biodiversity, insists German minister

Sustainable development

Bengali doctor says pandemic proved validity of SDG agenda

Covid-19 caused hardship in Bangladesh, but proved less devastating than initially feared

Food security

“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

Research must pay more attention to family farms, says Hildegard Lingnau of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

Knowledge building

Training local artisans to produce school furniture

Hoping to improve school conditions in Zambia by producing locally made desks for students

Post growth

“A good life doesn’t have to cost the Earth”

British economist contemplates an economy in which the goal is not unlimited growth, but rather an equilibrium between people and nature

Development policy

Experts want true cooperation instead of paternalism

On its sixtieth anniversary, the SLE considers the future of its education in its post-graduate study programme

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On the way to a multipolar world order

China's rise means the US and Europe need to adjust their foreign policy to avoid losing geopolitical influence

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