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Neglected and underutilised species
Silke Stöber

Important for a sustainable diet

Malnutrition would decline if people ate a greater variety of plants

Social enterprises
Linda Engel

Finding finance

Digital platforms can act as matchmakers for social entrepreneurs and investors

Global environment
Saleemul Huq
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Swimming against the tide”

Bangladeshi scholar Saleemul Huq assesses the role of the EU in international climate talks

Agrarian reform
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

Agriculture without emissions

Political will is the most important driver of climate-neutral agriculture

IPCC Special Report
Floreana Miesen

Sounding the alarm

IPCC report paints a bleak picture of the state of the world’s oceans

Our view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Indispensable transformation

Global agriculture must become climate-neutral

Sustainable Development Goals
Ulrich Nitschke
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The ambivalence of religions

Why religion can be abused for identity politics, but may also help to achieve SDGs

Tanzania
Lawrence Kilimwiko

Praising the social market economy

Faith leaders in Tanzania do not want to see economy leaving anyone behind

Human civilisation
Heide Hackmann
Dirk Messner

Why we need a UN charter

What needs to be done so digitalisation will drive, not thwart the transformation to sustainability

Rainforest
Carmen Josse

Amazon region in danger

The fires in the Amazon region have drawn global attention to this endangered ecosystem

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
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

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.

Junk food in school
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

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
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