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View of Singapore’s Chinatown: in the background is a portion of the Pinnacle@Duxton housing complex, which was built by the state-run Housing Development Board.

Relevant reading

Singapore’s clever approach to public housing

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by Katja Dombrowski

KfW

KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico

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by Sanna Stockstrom
by Matthias Zilbauer
EcoCasa is a KfW-supported project in Mexico that subsidises energy-efficient social housing construction.

Energy efficiency

Climate targets require energy-efficient buildings

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by Sanna Stockstrom
by Matthias Zilbauer
Germany’s Federal Government tends to prioritise the interests of the automotive industry over the global transition to sustainability: cars on display for promotional purposes at Hannover fairgrounds in 2019.

Blog

German government officer assesses the limits of ODA

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by Hans Dembowski
Drinking water supplier in Istanbul.

Urban development

Urban growth can cause water supply problems

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by Sarah C. Schreiner
In Mali, so-called “Solartainers” are providing green and affordable electricity to village residents.

Environment

Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

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by Dagmar Wolf
Wildlife may be infectious – a man wants to sell a poached civet cat.

One Health

Holistic approach

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Fisheries

Dying out

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by Mireille Kanyange
Photovoltaic systems in the Atacama Desert.

Chile

An energy transformation without subsidies

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by Rainer Schröer
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