Recent News and Updates

Tribute to Martin Khor 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. 709 (16-31 Oct 2020) Overhauling multilateralism to rebuild the world economy Articles include: Recovering better from COVID-19 will need a rethink of multilateralism Concerns over exempting WFP procurement from export restrictions Universal access to vaccines is essential for prevention and containment of COVID-19 around the world 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:

• Attempts at reverse S&DT to industrial-scale fishing subsidizers
  by D. Ravi Kanth (27 Nov 20)
• Appointment of Dr Ngozi as next DG strewn with procedural hurdles
  by D. Ravi Kanth (26 Nov 20)
• Concerns over chair's attempt to conclude fisheries deal by year-end
  by D. Ravi Kanth (26 Nov 20)
• Amnesty International Calls on WTO Members to Strongly Support TRIPS Waiver Proposal
  (26 Nov 20)
• Rules Chair accelerates fisheries talks to reach deal by 20 December
  by D. Ravi Kanth (25 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• 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)
• 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 Intellectual Property Issues:

• Amnesty International Calls on WTO Members to Strongly Support TRIPS Waiver Proposal
  (26 Nov 20)
• Developed countries continue to block TRIPS waiver proposal
  by D. Ravi Kanth (24 Nov 20)
• Waiving Intellectual Property Rules Key to Beating Covid-19
  by Aruna Kashyap & Margaret Wurth (18 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• 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)
• COVID-19 compounding inequalities
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Anis Chowdhury (18 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Amnesty International Calls on WTO Members to Strongly Support TRIPS Waiver Proposal
  (26 Nov 20)
• Developed countries continue to block TRIPS waiver proposal
  by D. Ravi Kanth (24 Nov 20)
• COVID-19: A roadmap for more inclusive trade and economic development
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Nov 20)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• ‘Junk Agroecology’ Greenwashes the Same Destructive Agribusiness Agenda
  (27 Nov 20)
• Global Outrage at FAO Plans to Partner with Pesticide Industry
  (20 Nov 20)
• United Nations: Global food prices continue to rise, says FAO
  by Kanaga Raja (09 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: 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)
• COVID-19: A roadmap for more inclusive trade and economic development
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Nov 20)
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Last updated on 27 November 2020