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Nora Sausmikat

nora.sausmikat@urgewald.org

Asienhaus

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2020. She has been working for the environmental and human-rights organisation urgewald with a focus on China since 2019. She previously directed the China programme of the non-governmental foundation Asienhaus.  

All articles of Nora Sausmikat

Fossil fuel
Nora Sausmikat
Quirin Jetschke

Bangladesh’s coal boom

International financial institutions are funding coal power in Bangladesh

Fossil fuel industry
Nora Sausmikat
Quirin Jetschke

China continues to finance coal power around the world

China’s energy policy is full of contradictions

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

Xi Jinping is centralising government power and reversing progress towards the rule of law in China

Comment
Nora Sausmikat

New Superman

China’s new personality cult and enhanced authoritarianism

Comment
Nora Sausmikat

A tale of two cities

China’s regime is nervous ahead of leadership change

Olympic Games
Nora Sausmikat

Drop that western bias

Olympics: treat China fairly

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

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Gender Equality

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

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

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