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How Science Can Tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Samer Kurdi

How Science Can Tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

2019 Lindau Alumnus Samer Kurdi writes on what science can do to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

World Toilet Day: Open Defecation Threatens Lives

Susanne Dambeck

World Toilet Day: Open Defecation Threatens Lives

November 19th is World Toilet Day: about one third of the world population doesn't have access to clean, safe and private toilets – with devastating effects on health and safety.Am 19. November ist der offizielle Welttoiletentag: ein Drittel der Weltbevölkerung hat keinen Zugang zu sauberen, sicheren Toiletten - mit katastrophalen Folgen für die Gesundheit und Sicherheit dieser Menschen.

Stephanie Hanel

Malala Yousafzai,”The girl with the book”, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner

With courage and determination, she has become what the Taliban fear the most – a girl with a book. This was how UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon described Malala Yousafzai, who, as a girl blogging out of resistance, has been compared with Anne Frank. She is now a children’s rights activist and the youngest ever […]