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Global environment
Dirk Messner
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Normative compass”

The dramatic global impact of urbanisation is being underestimated, warns WBGU

weltwärts volunteers
Francis Aidoo
Leon Wilken
Lois Fontaine

“Our vision is to empower the youth”

Leader of Ghanaian skills-training centre discusses his work with German weltwärts volunteers

Governance
Rüdiger Korff

Listen to everyone

Urban planning all too often fails because it is based on illusions

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Rwandan development not that great

Tension looming in Kigali

Poverty
Norbert Herrmann

Hard township life

Life is hard in South African townships, and there is plenty of room for improvement

Bus Rapid Transit
Nicholas Hollmann

TransMilenio – a model for success

Rapid transport buses carry 2 million people a day across Bogotá

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Experts want aid recipients to take aid agencies at word

An innovative guide to aid agencies

Bus Rapid Transit
Nicholas Hollmann

Most affordable

Rapid transit buses beat all other mass transport systems – especially on price

Corruption
Maxwell Suuk

Reporting corrupt officials

Despite legal backup, Ghanaians are afraid to denounce corruption

Urban traffic
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

Making traffic flow again

De-congesting the Lagos agglomeration

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Poverty Reduction

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

Women, climate and chocolate
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

Gender Equality

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

Women, climate and chocolate
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

Governance

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

Women, climate and chocolate
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

Sustainability

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

Women, climate and chocolate
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