Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.
Read more...The Financial Times runs dodgy numbers to claim that Russia is vaccine price gouging to poor countries, when that’s Big Pharma’s gig.
Read more...Ursula Burns, a candidate for Commerce Secretary, is a director of Nestlé, which defended its use of child labor before the Supreme Court.
Read more...Drained peatlands and peat fires emit around 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, land-use change and forestry, yet there seems to be little effort to prevent this.
Read more...Since the US elections weren’t the only recent event of importance, an international news smorgasbord.
Read more...Plastic pushers attempt to strongarm Kenya and the UK into using more plastic under the guise of free trade as world oil prices collapse.
Read more...Developing countries on various continents have had greater success in managing the pandemic. Why are rich countries not following their examples?
Read more...Countries throughout Africa, like India, are recording lower rates of COVID-19 deaths. The authors examine reasons for this phenomenon.
Read more...Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.
Read more...COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?
Read more...Why you should not trust the Gates Foundation.
Read more...Some photos and commentary from Mauritius, whose oil spill is a major ecological disaser.
Read more...John Weeks was a leading critic of economic orthodoxy who dedicated his life to building a better world.
Read more...A new report shows Africa’s Green Revolution is “failing on its own terms.”
Read more...United Nations warns about food security, particularly for the world’s poorest, as the COVID-19 recession overwhelms the globe.
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