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Tribute to Martin Khor 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) IP & COVID-19 Vaccines Series #3: Patent dispute looms as a major complication for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine 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

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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. 707 (16-30 Sept 2020) WTO members differ over reform, market-centred policies Articles include: South rallies around developmental agenda for WTO reforms China criticizes US on proposal on market-oriented conditions Universal health coverage critical for effective COVID-19 response Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• UNFCCC's Response Measures Committee holds virtual meeting
  by Prerna Bomzan (19 Oct 20)
• Virtual meeting of UNFCCC's Standing Committee sees lively exchange
  by Indrajit Bose (02 Oct 20)
• UN: 10-year-old commitment to biodiversity misses virtually all its targets
  by IPS/Thalif Deen (01 Oct 20)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• What next for ISDS Reform at UNCITRAL Working Group III?
  by Kinda Mohamediah (23 Oct 20)
• United Nations: Garment industry in Asia-Pacific hit hard by COVID-19
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 20)
• NEW REPORT: A Quantitative Assessment of India’s Withdrawal from RCEP: Issues and Concerns
  (22 Oct 20)
• COVID-19 Medical supplies largely benefited high income countries, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 20)
• United Nations: Global trade to fall by 7% to 9% in 2020, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 20)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• UN: 10-year-old commitment to biodiversity misses virtually all its targets
  by IPS/Thalif Deen (01 Oct 20)
• Peoples' response to the High-Level Summit on Biodiversity
  (30 Sept 20)
• Briefing Paper on "Nature-based Solutions or Nature-based Seductions?"
  (28 Sept 20)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• LDCs call for extension of transition period to implement TRIPS
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Oct 20)
• South Africa, India strongly rebut arguments against TRIPS waiver
  by D. Ravi Kanth (20 Oct 20)
• Proposal for TRIPS waiver secures strong support from South
  by D. Ravi Kanth (20 Oct 20)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• IMF’s COVID-19 loans: Renewal of austerity threatens South’s Right to Development
  by Bhumika Muchhala (19 Oct 20)
• G20 Finance Ministers fail to meaningfully address South's debt distress
  by Bhumika Muchhala (16 Oct 20)
• The IMF Must Immediately Stop Promoting Austerity Around the World
  (16 Oct 20)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• COVID-19 Medical supplies largely benefited high income countries, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 20)
• LDCs call for extension of transition period to implement TRIPS
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Oct 20)
• South Africa, India strongly rebut arguments against TRIPS waiver
  by D. Ravi Kanth (20 Oct 20)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Organic Diets Can Rapidly Reduce Glyphosate Levels in the Body
  Item 1: ORGANIC DIET INTERVENTION SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES URINARY GLYPHOSATE LEVELS IN U.S. CHILDREN AND ADULTS by John Fagan, Larry Bohlen, Sharyle Patton & Kendra Klein
  Item 2: ORGANIC DIETS QUICKLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GLYPHOSATE IN PEOPLE’S BODIES by Meg Wilcox
  Item 3: YOU HAVE PESTICIDES IN YOUR BODY. BUT AN ORGANIC DIET CAN REDUCE THEM BY 70% by Kendra Klein & Anna Lappé
  (11 Oct 20)
• United Nations: Global food prices rise for fourth consecutive month
  by Kanaga Raja (09 Oct 20)
• Accelerated transformation of our food systems needed now
  (03 Oct 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:

• United Nations: Garment industry in Asia-Pacific hit hard by COVID-19
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 20)
• COVID-19 Medical supplies largely benefited high income countries, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 20)
• The IMF Must Immediately Stop Promoting Austerity Around the World
  (16 Oct 20)
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Last updated on 27 October 2020