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Ground-breaking lawsuit

Andes farmer takes on conglomerate

In Peru, a farmer is calling on a German company to take responsibility for glacier melt in a ground-breaking lawsuit

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Infrastructure

The pros and cons of plastic water tanks

Large water tanks are a blessing in case of water shortage in Zimbabwe, but also have downsides

Hygiene

No water in hospitals

Hospital patients suffer from lack of water in Malawi

Ecosystems

A future for the Pantanal

Traditional communities protect biodiversity of world’s largest inland wetland in Brazil

Sahel region

Innocent suffering in the Sahel region

Climate change is making food insecurity worse in Niger

Environmental protection

Cleaning up Mexico’s water bodies

A NGO hopes to raise awareness for pollution with clean-ups of plastic waste from coastal areas and water bodies across Mexico

Africa

Informal farming in the city

In Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, many farms face an uncertain future

Disaster response

Learning from the catastrophe in the German Ahr Valley

The flooding in July 2021 could have been less disastrous if the authorities had learned from the past and from other countries

Drought

Travelling far to keep herds alive

Why drought exacerbates tensions between herders and farmers in East Africa

Drought

Linking humanitarian relief to development and peacebuilding

Lessons to learn from the Horn of Africa’s third consecutive year of drought

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Governance

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

Sustainability

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