Global Us: What connects us all

Simon Kramer lives in Buenos Aires. He loves the city, and, of course, football. He spends most of his free time out and about with friends. He likes to listen to Argentinian and international rock music. He hopes there will be more justice in the world in the future.

On the island of Zanzibar, the sea determines what's on the menu. Mohamed Okala's restaurant is right on the beach, among the palm trees. Fish in a coconut crust is especially popular with locals and tourists alike.

India's coastal regions are under threat. They're being exploited, polluted and destroyed. Despite that, many forestry officials and rangers in charge of them don't see active environmental protection as their task. A special training exercise on the Andaman Islands has been devised to raise their awareness and expand their capabilities.

Refugees aren't just a topic in Europe. According to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, there are 60 million refugees worldwide. Hundreds of thousands who have fled war zones have to live in camps like Karkuma, in northern Kenya. Some have already been in them for 20 years. And it's in refugee camps, of all places, that the Jesuit Refugee Service, with the support of the UNHCR, has set up online universities. We were in Kakuma and met students who have earned a three-year diploma.

The refugee crisis is putting pressure on Europe. How should the millions of people seeking sanctuary be dealt with? Sony Kapoor's opinion is unambiguous. The macroeconomist and political advisor says nothing could be better for Germany and the European Union than the influx of refugees. Sony Kapoor is a member of the Young Global Leaders network...

Gomati Devi Dohara, a farmer, shows us her living room. She lives with her daughter Chitta in the village of Belvadi in western Nepal. The 300 villagers live from beekeeping.

Forests, swamps, and savannas - the Mono River delta is a natural paradise. But the growing population along the river separating the African nations of Benin and Togo is encroaching on the environment. Forests become farmland; hunters decimate antelope herds. If this continues, little natural beauty will remain. Now a cross-border biosphere reserve is planned consisting of seven separate small regions.

Nespresso customers around the globe will soon be able to buy coffee from South Sudan. By late 2016, Nestlé, the world's largest foods company, plans to invest 2.5 million dollars in coffee production in the relatively stable state of Central Equatoria. Many farmers are glad of a cash crop but can't feed their families from this alone. Farmers' associations say the country badly needs investment in its own food security.

Célia and Helena are two women who live in Mozambique. When we met them six years ago, both were pregnant and both were HIV-positive. Millions of African women share their fate. The highest risk of infection with HIV comes from transmission from mother to child. How are these women and their children doing now?

The rainforest of southern Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula has one of the richest bio-diversities of any region on Earth: 500 tree species, nearly four hundred kinds of birds, plus monkeys, jaguars and reptiles. But not even here are they entirely safe. Conservationists on the Osa Peninsula are working to save one of the last pieces of untouched paradise. Their idealism has already carried them to some initial victories. But any environmental project needs funding to have a lasting impact...