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Our view
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

On climate, advanced nations must deliver

Industrial countries have to scale up their action as time is running out for achieving the goals agreed in Paris

Solar power
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Water for a parched land

Solar powered irrigation systems boost agriculture in arid parts of Zimbabwe

Coronavirus
Aenne Frankenberger

How coronavirus is affecting HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria

Global Fund reports setbacks in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Climate protection
Martina Dase

Lawsuits brought by young ­activists worldwide

Young climate activists from all over the world and their successes

Lawsuits
Martina Dase

Climate protection is a children’s right

Young activists are taking legal action to demand climate protection from policymakers

Energy
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Finding new purposes for used drums

How a low-cost digester produces biogas

Energy
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Why biogas is good for the environment

Zimbabwe is jump-starting rural biogas production with a new low-cost technology

Summer Special
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Healthy soil, healthy climate

Documentary presents a vision of farmers for a different, climate-friendly form of agriculture

Agribusiness
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Fortifying crops

Bio-fortified crops can improve both nutrition and economic growth in Zambia

Planetary boundaries
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Consumerism is unsustainable

Why other world regions must not copy western consumption patterns

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood