SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

There should be full employment. Everyone should be able to access decent work; forced labour and human trafficking should be eradicated. At the same time, the economy in developing countries should grow by at least seven per cent per annum.

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Interview

‘It is essential that migration is fair!’

Interview with Andrea Nahles, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Federal Employment Agency, on skilled migration and the benefits it can have on all sides.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Institute in San José

Report

A driving force behind ‘green’ case law

We visit the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Institute in San José, where human rights, nature and the environment are viewed in a new light.

Report

All eyes on Lüderitz

Green hydrogen is set to bring prosperity to Namibia and propel the world towards a climate-neutral economy. We travel to the country’s south-west, where plans are under way for one of the world’s largest hydrogen plants.

Interview

‘Recycling is also a question of social justice’

The Institute for Applied Ecology in Freiburg has been supporting a project on e-waste. Expert Andreas Manhart talks to Katrin Gänsler about insights, financing and responsibility.

Man holding two circuit boards in his hand

Report

Taking recycling to another level

A pilot project on e-waste in Nigeria is demonstrating how the recycling industry in Africa can be driven forward while protecting the workers that dismantle discarded devices. A visit to the megacity of Lagos.

Interview

‘One thing is for sure: the risks of inaction far outweigh the human, economic and social costs’

An interview with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), on talent and how digital technologies can help to get back on track towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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