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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Digital monthly

3/2024

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Climate justice
Roli Mahajan

Vanuatu’s questions to the ICJ

The Small Island Developing State leads a global coalition to clarify state obligations and legal consequences related to global heating. The outcome could significantly impact future climate litigation.

Biofuels
Wanjohi Kabukuru

Italy’s castor-oil plans for Africa

The Italian government’s Mattei Plan aims to position the country as an “energy hub” between Europe and Africa. Among other things, castor-oil plantations are being touted as a climate-friendly energy alternative.

Carbon credits
Wanjohi Kabukuru

Africa is chasing billions

Africa’s drive for carbon credits continues to gather pace. But despite the prospect of generating significant revenue and green jobs, there is concern about the effectiveness and ethical implications of the current carbon markets

Poverty Reduction

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

Hope is a resource
Zimbabwe’s malnutrition crisis worsens under El Niño drought
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat

Gender Equality

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

Hope is a resource
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment

Governance

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

Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today
Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries

Sustainability

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

Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today
Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries