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Public Health Concerns On Pat-Informed Database News Updates Climate Change Conference Madrid, Spain 2–13 December 2019 Post-2020 global biodiversity framework Briefings Multilateral System & Digital Sequence Info Briefs for FAO Seed Treaty (11-16 November 2019) TWN Briefing Paper No. 103: Disciplining Non-discriminatory Domestic Regulations in the Services Sectors – Another Plurilateral Track at the WTO by Kinda Mohamadieh

TWN Briefing Paper No. 102: Investment Facilitation – Another Plurilateral Initiative at the WTO and Its Potential Implications by Kinda Mohamadieh TWN Briefing Paper No. 101: Understanding the EU’s Understanding on Computer and Related Services by Professor Jane Kelsey TWN Briefing Paper No. 99: Ebola: Company avoids benefit-sharing obligation by using sequences by Edward Hammond English / French A Dysfunctional Plant Variety Protection System: Ten Years of UPOV Implementation in Francophone Africa English / French

 

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LATEST ISSUE
Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.339/340 (2019) COVER: The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Articles include: The global threat of antimicrobial resistance New UN report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis Global governance to tackle antimicrobial resistance: The way forward Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 689 (2019) UNCTAD points to shortfall in development financing Articles include: ODA, blended finance insufficient to achieve SDGs Both US and China losers in ongoing trade war, says study World stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia? Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• GCF Board adopts policy on co-financing and updated gender policy
  by Prerna Bomzan (20 Nov 19)
• GCF Board to update Strategic Plan for Fund
  by Prerna Bomzan (19 Nov 19)
• USD 407 million approved for climate projects, including from China and Palestine
  by Indrajit Bose (18 Nov 19)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• US creates "new normal" on use of funds for AB members
  by D. Ravi Kanth (29 Nov 19)
• African Group calls for development outcomes at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (29 Nov 19)
• United Nations: LDCs need to use external aid to transform their economies
  by Kanaga Raja (28 Nov 19)
• US failed to comply in dispute over Indian steel products
  by Kanaga Raja (28 Nov 19)
• Pluri-talks on e-commerce takes up controversial issues
  by D. Ravi Kanth (27 Nov 19)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity
  (18 Oct 19)
• New briefing on DSI: Prudence versus Pressure at the Seed Treaty
  (18 Oct 19)
• Crunch Time for the Seed Treaty
  (09 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Public Health Concerns On Pat-Informed Database
  (03 Dec 19)
• APBREBES Newsletter #37
  (13 Nov 19)
• MSF launches global campaign to lower price of crucial TB drug
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• ODA, blended finance insufficient to achieve SDGs
  by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 19)
• Cross-border bank claims see highest growth since GFC
  by Kanaga Raja (31 Oct 19)
• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Facilitating Access to New Biologic Medicines - call to update the WHO Guidelines on Similar Biotherapeutic products
  (24 Oct 19)
• Submission on 2009 Similar Biotherapeutic Products Guidelines review
  (23 Oct 19)
• MSF launches global campaign to lower price of crucial TB drug
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Agroecological Farms Generate More Income and Employment than Conventional Farms
  Item 1: THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF AGROECOLOGY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg et al.
  Item 2: A REVIEW OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF AGROECOLOGY by Raffaele D’Annolfo, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Benjamin Graeub & Lucas A. Garibaldi
  (10 Dec 19)
• African Group calls for development outcomes at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (29 Nov 19)
• Policy Shifts Needed to Enable Rural Women's and Young People's Livelihoods and Climate Justice
  (22 Nov 19)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
• CSO Letter to RCEP Negotiators on Intellectual Property
  (25 Sept 19)
• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• United Nations: LDCs need to use external aid to transform their economies
  by Kanaga Raja (29 Nov 19)
• New Research Report : Platform Planet: Development in the Intelligence Economy, from IT for Change
  (21 Nov 19)
• Both US and China losers in ongoing trade war, says study
  by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 19)
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Last updated on 12 December 2019