Global 3000 (engl.)

GLOBAL 3000 DW-TV´s globalization magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today.

Videos

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Coastal erosion in western Latvia poses long-term challenge

Western Latvia boasts idyllic white sandy beaches. The area around Bernati is popular with visitors. But coastal erosion has increased, and swallowed homes.

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Why solar power is booming in Pakistan

In 2022, Pakistan experienced one of its worst economic crises in decades. Energy prices skyrocketed, and power outages were frequent. Pakistan has since become the world’s sixth-largest solar market, after private users began taking the initiative.

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Argentina: Cutting waste and creating jobs in the central market

Many fresh products on the central market in Buenos Aires are considered unsellable, even if they are still edible. Now a program to reduce food waste is also creating new jobs.

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Preserving heirloom potatoes with science

The Andes' bitter potatoes: the humble key to the future of agriculture? Peruvian biologist Nataly Canales thinks so. But she focuses on ethics, not profit, and asks: Who owns knowledge about plants?

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Sarah Fleischer: From failure to founder and future pioneer

Founding a firm is straightforward – but keeping it afloat is less easy, says Sarah Fleischer. Her Munich-based startup "tozero" plans to become Europe’s leading recycler of lithium-ion car batteries. The objective: recovering 80% of raw materials.