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Agriculture
Till Below
Nkumbu Nalwimba

Crop insurance and weather forecasting are closely linked

Crop insurance and more accurate weather forecasts will help farmers to cope with climate change

UN 2030 Agenda
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Make SDGs binding with the help of new institutions

Expert group calls for new sustainability governance within the UN system

Governance
Monika Zimmermann

Connecting all dots

Tangible examples of climate collaboration across government levels deserve policymakers’ attention

Collaborative Climate Action
Monika Zimmermann

Aspiration enhancing cooperation

Governments at all levels must cooperate to achieve climate goals

Minorities
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

The pros and cons of the Ol-chiki script

Why a special alphabet for a minority’s language is controversial in India

Minorities
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

An Indian Adivasi community is divided by scripts

Santal development is hindered by too many options to write in Santali

USA
Katie Cashman

Scaling up the USA’s climate ambitions

US President Joe Biden is eager to reassert his country’s leadership, including in the response to global warming

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Negative emissions to get to net zero

Governments must rise to their responsibility

SIDS
Kavydass Ramano
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Mauritian minister warns: “It is a matter of life and death”

Small island developing states are hardly responsible for climate change but most affected

Decarbonisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

A carbon tax should promote redistribution

Redistribution is essential to the success of energy-price reforms in developing countries

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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