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Per Brodersen

Özdemir shows colors in Western Balkans and Moldova

German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir met with his Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Bolea. The trip to the country with access to the Danube was worth it, writes Per Brodersen of the German Agribusiness Alliance. He says the potential for agribusiness is enormous.

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Haiyuer Kuerban, Eva Stocker

'Fear rules the life of the Uyghurs'

The World Uyghur Congress is appalled by recent media reports on the situation in Xinjiang. The Director of the WUC Berlin office, Haiyuer Kuerban, and its Senior Advocacy Officer, Eva Stocker, demand that government disinformation campaigns must be exposed.

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Ken Ofori-Atta, Axel van Trotsenburg

A new financing pact for climate-vulnerable countries 

How can the global financial system be made climate-friendly? From Oct. 9–15, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will also be discussing this question at their annual meeting in Marrakesh. The situation in Africa is particularly urgent. Four proposals to help the continent.

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Robert Kammerer berät Unternehmen seit über 20 Jahren zu ESG-relevanten Fragen.

Supply chain law: how to leverage synergies

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) imposes many new obligations on companies. However, due to its similarity to the German Supply Chain Law, the effort involved can be reduced.

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Profilbild-Schraven

'The EU should prepare for climate migration within'

The scientist and book author Benjamin Schraven does not think much of the thesis that the number of refugees to Europe will increase by leaps and bounds because of climate change. Instead, the EU member states must prepare for more climate migration within Europe. But so far, they still seem very careless.

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Shang-Jin Wei

China must avoid a debt-deflation spiral

In light of high debt and falling consumer and producer prices, China faces the threat of a downward spiral. To prevent Japanization, the government must immediately provide economic stimulus.

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Claire Stam

What's cooking in Madrid? Green summit

At the first Green Social Summit in Madrid, Europe's Greens want to show that they are not only capable of climate action, but can also handle social issues. Combining the two areas is still not a matter of course.

By Claire Stam

The party is suffocating the pop scene

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's article looks at two viral hits from China's otherwise short-lived pop scene. Expressions of opinion are strictly censored in China, and that also applies to song lyrics. Nevertheless, artists still occasionally manage to strike a chord. Pop singer Ren picks up on a sense of hopelessness and helplessness in a new song.

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Benjamin Schraven

Climate migration: What really matters

The supposed danger of a massive climate-related refugee crisis distracts from the real challenges: EU member states need to prepare for increasing intra-European climate migration – but so far they still seem very careless. At the same time, Europe needs to better support its partner countries in the Global South on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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