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Flags in front of the UN headquarters in New York City.

Our View

Global challenges require global responses

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by Hans Dembowski

Recycling

Used clothing collection in Germany

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by Thomas Ahlmann
Storage facility in Odessa in June 2022.

Geopolitics

The strategic relevance of Ukrainian grain

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by Jane Escher
Street-side barbershop in Zimbabwe.

Our view

The nightmare of states that are too small

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by Hans Dembowski
Rural women in Kenya: fetching water can take a long time, and it may not be safe for drinking.

Gender relations

Domestic helpers are informally employed in many countries

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by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi
“A reform of the UN Security Council is necessary, but hard to achieve.”

Global governance

“Democratic states do not wage war on one another”

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by Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
by Hans Dembowski
Drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Climate-risk insurance

Promising examples of climate-risk insurance schemes

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
Insurances help to control financial damages: devastation caused by Typhoon Ray in the Philippines in late 2021.

Insurance

Managing climate risk with private insurance

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
Flooded homes in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida.

Extreme weather

USA increasingly hit by weather-related disasters

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by Katie Cashman
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