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Easter Island
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Song of home

A renowned concert pianist left it all behind to open a school on Easter Island

Agriculture
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Moving a mountain of mangoes

Sun-drying mangoes solves a market-access problem for smallholder farmers

Biodiversity
Lily Shrestha
Bandana Shakya

Global warming and biodiversity loss mutually reinforcing

Fragile mountain habitats are becoming increasingly precarious in Hindu Kush-Himalaya region

Recession
Karim Okanla

Growing dependence on Benin’s informal sector

In Cotonou and Porto Novo, economic slump has hit middle class hard

Agriculture
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Useful insects

Innovative recyclers are turning larvae of black soldier flies into animal feed

International relations
Myriell Fußer
Adrian Schlegel
Tanja Matheis
Julia Fritzsche
Florian Vitello

Postcolonial perspectives must be taken seriously

How international cooperation can transcend long established power relations

Biden administration
Katie Cashman

Biden is respoding to climate activists

How demands for a Green New Deals are inspiring White House policymaking

COP25

Civil unrest: Costs and benefits

Losing the privilege of hosting COP25 on Chilean soil in 2019 was not all bad

Climate change
Waldo Soto Bruna

Why Chile can set an example in environmental protection

Chile lost the chance to host COP25 on its soil in 2019, but could shine at COP26

Weather forecasts
Till Below
Dina Mambwe

Waiting for rain – and advice

Crop farmer Elinat Daka relies on nature for a good yield, and timely weather-based advice would help

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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