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Tribute to Martin Khor TRIPS Waiver Proposal: A Compilation of Statements & reports Recovering better from COVID-19 will need a rethink of multilateralism by Richard Kozul-Wright State of play of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (Spanish) (French) (Portuguese) (Chinese) by Lim Li Lin NOT ZERO: How ‘net zero’ targets disguise climate inaction Joint technical briefing by climate justice organisations (OCTOBER 2020) India’s withdrawal from RCEP: A quantitative assessment CSO Letter Supporting TRIPS Waiver Proposal (Spanish) (French) Briefing Paper Nature-based solutions or nature-based seductions? (Spanish) (Portuguese) (Chinese) (French) by Doreen Stabinsky (September 2020)

TWN Series on Investment Facilitation #1: Scope Of An Investment Facilitation Framework: Implications For Its Developmental Claim by Kinda Mohamadieh (July 2020) IP & COVID-19 Vaccines Series #4: Publicly-funded Vanderbilt University aims for financial windfall by Edward Hammond (August 2020) How ‘Digital Trade’ Rules Would Impede Taxation of the Digitalised Economy in the Global South by Jane Kelsey, John Bush, Manuel Montes & Joy Ndubai Traditional knowledge in digital sequence info debate (Spanish) (French) by Edward Hammond New scientific study on “Equity, Climate Justice and Fossil Fuel Extraction: Principles for a managed phase out” by Greg Muttitt and Sivan Kartha Briefing Paper International negotiations by virtual means in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic by Vicente Paolo Yu (June 2020) Visit Vaxmap (vaxmap.org) Open source COVID-19 vaccine development and production capacity map

 

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

LATEST ISSUE
Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.343/344 (2020) COVER: DOUBLE WHAMMY: Surviving COVID-19 and the economic crisis Articles include: A passionate voice of and for the South Pandemic crisis: Dangers and opportunities COVID-19 reveals everything Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 710 (1-15 Nov 2020) COVID-19 highlights need to change course – UNCTAD Articles include: Developed countries continue to block TRIPS waiver proposal COVID-19 compounding inequalities The ills of healthcare financialization Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1.1 billion funding for projects
  by Indrajit Bose (27 Nov 20)
• Developing countries call for fulfillment of climate finance commitments
  by TWN (25 Nov 20)
• BRICS Summit: President Xi Jinping on Fighting COVID-19 in Solidarity and Advancing BRICS Cooperation
  (19 Nov 20)
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• Click here for more Climate Change documents

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Chair's questions on "sustainability", OC&OF come under challenge
  by D. Ravi Kanth (04 Dec 20)
• UN: COVID-19 pushes LDCs to their worst economic performance in 30 years
  by Kanaga Raja (04 Dec 20)
• Members remain far apart on chair's questions on IUU fishing
  by D. Ravi Kanth (03 Dec 20)
• COVID-19: Compilation of TRIPS Waiver Proposal materials
  (02 Dec 20)
• Concerns over Chair's questions on structure of S&DT in fisheries
  by D. Ravi Kanth (01 Dec 20)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• Agroecology Essential for a Robust Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  (30 Nov 20)
• Global Outrage at FAO Plans to Partner with Pesticide Industry
  (20 Nov 20)
• State of play of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
  by Lim Li Lin (04 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• COVID-19: Compilation of TRIPS Waiver Proposal materials
  (02 Dec 20)
• WTO members should ensure access to affordable medicines
  (01 Dec 20)
• Almost 100 UK parliamentarians urge UK government to support TRIPS waiver
  (30 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Will the new fiscal crises improve international tax cooperation?
  by IPS/Anis Chowdhury & Jomo Kwame Sundaram (02 Dec 20)
• World Bank urges governments to guarantee private profits
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Anis Chowdhury (25 Nov 20)
• COVID-19: "Our priorities have shifted to task of saving lives & livelihoods"
  by IPS/Hugh Hilton Todd (18 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• UN: COVID-19 pushes LDCs to their worst economic performance in 30 years
  by Kanaga Raja (04 Dec 20)
• COVID-19: Compilation of TRIPS Waiver Proposal materials
  (02 Dec 20)
• WTO members should ensure access to affordable medicines
  (01 Dec 20)
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• Click here for more Health documents

TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Agroecology Essential for a Robust Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  (30 Nov 20)
• ‘Junk Agroecology’ Greenwashes the Same Destructive Agribusiness Agenda
  (27 Nov 20)
• Global Outrage at FAO Plans to Partner with Pesticide Industry
  (20 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• NEW REPORT: A Quantitative Assessment of India’s Withdrawal from RCEP: Issues and Concerns
  (22 Oct 20)
• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• Digital rules in FTAs may undermine capacity to tax digital firms
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Aug 20)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• UN: COVID-19 pushes LDCs to their worst economic performance in 30 years
  by Kanaga Raja (04 Dec 20)
• UN: Economic cost of Israeli occupation in Gaza amounts to $16.7 billion
  by Kanaga Raja (27 Nov 20)
• World Bank urges governments to guarantee private profits
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Anis Chowdhury (25 Nov 20)
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Last updated on 04 December 2020