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- Climate action is becoming ever more urgent
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  Two years on from Paris Agreement: the state of multilateral climate talks ahead of the summit in Bonn
  
  Pegnacies should be safe and wanted
  
  Without secure tenure of homes and land, poor people cannot build a better future
  
  Water is an indispensable resource
  
  SDGs: The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals are decisive for humanity's future
  
  Development challenges are particularly urgent in coastal regions
  
  Peace requires civil engagement
  
  The rule of populist leaders tends to be abusive
  
  Youth unemployment compounds problems of crime, migration, political instability and religious fanaticism
  
  In order to rise to global challenges, nations must join forces
  
  Strengthening health care: infection risks need to be reduced
  
  Humankind's future depends on the quality of cities
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- New 17/09/2017 – by Dirk Messner
  
  “We need to build shock resilience”
  
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  Civil society and local government
  
  Sustainable business and sustainable environment
  
  Democracy and the rule of law
  
  Disasters and humanitarian relief
  
  Employment and the fight against poverty
  
  Food security and agriculture
  
  International relations and cooperation
  
  Peace and human security
  
  Physical and social infrastructures
World regions
- New 09/09/2017 – by Alokananda Nath
  
  Not smart enough
  
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  Sub-Sahara Africa
  
  Southeast Asia and Pacific
  
  South Asia
  
  MENA Middle East North Africa
  
  Latin America and the Caribbean
  
  East Asia
  
  Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia
Formats
- 01/09/2017 – by Hans Dembowski
  
  Taxation serves sustainability
  
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  Nowadays
  
  Daily life in developing countries (published on Mondays).
  
  In brief
  
  Summaries of trends, conferences, studies and wiki-like briefs.
  
  Opinion
  
  Comments and interviews concerning globally relevant developments (published on Fridays).
  
  In depth
  
  Detailed assessments of developmental issues in the relevant context.
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- 24/08/2017 – by Anthony Nyong
  
  The role of the African Development Bank
  
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Fragile states

22/02/2008 – by Alexander Blum

Afghanistan, the Mediterranean and Congo

How the German military experience views foreign deployment

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Disasters and humanitarian relief

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Pregnancy and childbirth
Women’s health

Despite considerable progress, India’s maternal mortality rate remains very high

Human rights

All people deserve to have a broad variety of family-planning options – including in rural Uganda

Youth

In Nigeria, many girls’ lives are ruined by early pregnancy

Maternal mortality

The risk of motherhood – and how traditional birth attendants can help

Women's health

Women who have been subjected to female genital mutilation often have severe complications during childbirth
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Land ownership
Ethnic tensions

In Kenya, ethnic tensions are intertwined with long-standing disputes over land

Land rights

Secure land rights are a key factor for sustainable rural development

Registration matters

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Non-violent action

Three examples of how peace activists use non-violent means to settle land conflicts in Guinea Bissau

Land grabbing

Land conflicts are escalating in Chad, with farmers suffering most
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Water: life saving, but devastating too
Safe drinking water

Malawi still has a long way to go to achieve universal access to safe drinking water

Water and sanitation

Access to safe water is crucial for disease control

Multi-resistant bacteria

Multi-resistant bacteria found in waste water from pharma industry in Hyderabad, India

Farming

East Africa is now obviously a low-rainfall area, so the region must adapt to climage change

Water supply

Despite civil war in South Sudan, GIZ is working on infrastructure improvement to supply water to people
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Global agenda
Sustainability

Africa’s private sector must drive transformation to sustainability, but global cooperation is needed too

International cooperation

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, proposes launching a Marshall Plan with Africa

Social insurance

Social health insurance means that people pay according to their ability and everyone gets the services they need

Multilateral affairs

Peer pressure can contribute to achieving the SDGs – but more is needed

Sustainability

Europe must change course to achieve sustainability
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Vulnerable coasts
Climate change

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Megacity

Though the sea level is set to rise, Lagos is growing out into the Atlantic Ocean

Mangroves

Climate change is threatening the livelihood of many people along Vietnam’s coast

Coastal communities

In West Africa, coastal communities’ livelihoods are at risk because of overfishing and oil production

Skills training

Skills training would help people from India’s Delta islands to cope with the impacts of global warming
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Promoting peace
Interview

After over 50 years of civil war in Colombia, it is not easy to live in peace

Post-conflict countries

Essential dimensions of multi-faceted peacebuilding

CPS

Civil Peace Service supports refugees and returnees

Media

Ugandan media are taking effective approaches to promoting peace

Women’s rights

The main problems for Afghan women are lack of security, insufficient involvement in the reconciliation process and lack of access to an unbiased just
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Populist politics
USA – Mexico

Trump’s call for a wall is straining the relationship between the US and Mexico

Political foundations

Civil-society organisations are under pressure in many countries – and so are their international partners

SADC

Populism is common in Southern Africa, where former liberation movements have become dominant political parties

North Africa

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s idea of the Egyptian nation does not include every Egyptian

Extrajudicial killings

President Duterte linked to unprecedented extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
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Young people deserve opportunities
Education

Young Palestinians living in Lebanon lack career opportunities, and vocational training can help

Youth

Africa’s young generation needs opportunities, and the structural reasons of unemployment must be tackled

Africa

Failure to expand formal youth employment in Africa will mean more unrest, more migration, more crime and more religious extremism

Youth criminality

How poverty and broken families broaden the circle of youth gangs in Guatemala

Job opportunities

Youth unemployment is on the rise and persistent gender gaps undermine social progress
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International cooperation
International criminal justice

In view of criticism of the ICC, a balanced debate concerning international criminal justice is needed

Global warming

To prevent catastrophic climate change, the pledges of the Paris Agreement must be scaled up

Comment

The climate summit in Marrakesh was successful, demonstrating the international community’s determination to act

2030 Agenda

G20 must specify how it will support SDG agenda

African-German Youth Initiative

How international youth exchange can change the world
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Climate action is becoming ever more urgent
Global governance

The paradigm shift towards sustainability must go ahead at full speed

Least developed countries

The least developed countries demand a robust ‘rulebook’ to implement the Paris agreement and call for adequate support

USA

How to prevent Donald Trump from causing long-term climate harm

Climate finance

Africa is the world region most vulnerable to global warming and deserves support from donor governments

Climate adaptation

Senegal and Benin are implementing Nationally Determined Contributions with assistance from GIZ
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