Fossil-fuel subsidies undermine climate protection and burden tight national budgets. Climate finance, if applied well, helps to reform subsidy systems in a socially just way.

The promises and expectations of the government have been met with doubt by locals who are already facing adverse effects due to the ongoing project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered pro-rich growth

Up to now, life in Cameroon is determined by whether one is Francophone or Anglophone. The so-called “Anglophone crisis” surrounding the independence aspirations of the part of the country that was once a British colony is claiming more and more victims.

Ghanaian scholar assesses Russia’s role in ECOWAS and speaks of new scramble for Africa

Much has been achieved for queer people in Germany in recent decades. At the same time, they are still a target for physical and psychological abuse.

Pakistan is a fragmented nation with a shaky political system, and the focus on Sunni Islam did not forge the desired unity.

Against the backdrop of the global #MeToo movement, a new wave of feminist politics swelled up in Pakistan

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The climate crisis is severely impacting vulnerable groups. In areas dominated by violent conflicts, the situation is particularly grave.