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International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has urged rich countries to stop blocking a patent waiver plan that could boost the global production of coronavirus vaccines. Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet virtually for informal talks on Thursday to discuss a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for producing COVID-19 vaccines and other coronavirus-related medical tools for the duration of the pandemic. Sponsors of the waiver argue that the temporary suspension would allow more factories worldwide to produce jabs with...

Copy URL IN the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition. Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ will save us from a planetary climate crisis. Nothing can be further from the truth, and deeper scrutiny is required as to why such net zero pledges will not be able to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C s...

Chasing Carbon Unicorns According to a new report, net zero targets many governments are pursuing are distractions from the urgent need to drastically reduce carbon emissions. iStock.com/Petmal 5 April 2021 In the past few months, many governments have announced net zero carbon emission targets. These targets update the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) at the heart of the Paris Agreement. Many private corporations, including BP and Shell, have also set net zero targets. Net zero describes the goal of removing as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as is emitted. Net...

Getty Images On 30 March, 25 heads of state including South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the creation of an international pandemic treaty through the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen global capacity to predict and respond to pandemic threats. The call was published as a commentary in newspapers across the world. Those endorsing the commentary include leaders of both developed and developing countries – such as Germany, the United Kingdom, South Korea, South Africa, and Senegal. The commentary was also signed by the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheb...

The politics and promise behind a proposed international pandemic treaty Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight On 30 March, 25 heads of state including South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the creation of an international pandemic treaty through the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen global capacity to predict and respond to pandemic threats. The call was published as a commentary in newspapers across the world. Those endorsing the commentary include leaders of both developed and developing countries – such as Germany, the United Kingdom, South Korea,...