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WTO chief welcomes US backing for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver World Trade Organization director-general also welcomes decision by India, South Africa to revise waiver proposal 2021-05-06 22:41:15 GENEVA The World Trade Organization chief Thursday “warmly” welcomed the US' readiness to engage in a temporary intellectual property agreements waiver to help in combating COVID-19 and hailed the decision by India and South African to revise a WTO proposal on this. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued a statement the day after US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that Preside...

Some economists say that meeting the goals of the Paris agreement will make global poverty worse. But that argument ignores some stark realities. By Sara Peach | Thursday, March 4, 2021 As sea levels rise and storms grow more extreme, people living in low-lying Bangladesh face worsening floods. In response to the risks of climate change, Bangladesh’s parliament unanimously passed a motion declaring a “planetary emergency” in November 2019. (Photo credit: UK Department for International Development / Flickr) D ear Sara, My brother says that some economists have taken the view that 3 deg...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Bonn Climate Talks Make Gradual Progress Despite the “missing in action” US, delegates say the Bonn climate talks just ended made progress – but too little and too slowly. By Paul Brown The Bonn climate talks, a crucial round of UN negotiations on pumping up the muscle of the global treaty on tackling climate change, the Paris Agreement, has ended in Germany. Participants headi...

CBA15 provides an innovative, interactive space for the global CBA community of practice to come together to promote effective, locally led climate action. You can join conference sessions live between 7am and 7pm (UK time) or you can watch the recordings and contribute to the ongoing discussions online. The conference videos and presentations also provide a valuable learning resource for practitioners and policymakers during and after the event to continue the conversation. See what happened at CBA14 in this YouTube playlist. For networking, you can post a message on the community boards, fi...

This IIED and ICCCAD hosted online event on Thursday, 11 February 2021 heard expert perspectives on what climate adaptation and resilience success in 2021 looks like