Surviving on trade

Tropical pill

Medicines are for the rich, not for fighting tropical diseases afflicting millions in developing nations. Pharmaceutical companies seem to have …

Road to Cancun - Waivers on paper

The only semblance of fairness that exists in the various agreements of the World Trade Organization is contained in their 155 "special and …

That 'E' word again

Most Northern groups that dominate the civil society opinion-making process within the climate convention have consistently ignored Southern …

Sinks: A carbon reservoir

There is lot os uncertainly on the question of carbon sinks. To what extent can they actually absorb carbon dioxide emissions? And, should …

Fast and fatal

The furious march of the fast food industry

COP24: Proactive, support-focused approach required, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment suggests that developed countries should commit resources to support adaptation planning in developing countries

BASIC group emphasises raising pre-2020 ambition and implementation of Paris Agreement

This is the first meeting since the Paris Summit in December 2015

'Developed countries will have to enhance their INDCs after 2020'

Senior Indian climate change negotiator says that a global stock taking of the INDCs is essential, and that developed countries must enhance …

Irresponsible minority

World Trade Report

The divide will always remain

Third world power

China has proved that genomics is no longer the preserve of developed countries

A farce of a face-off

For 10 days in Kyoto the world saw highly moral arguments put forward by world leaders to save the planet. But behind all those arguments was …

New AWG-LCA text out!

Equity Watch

This is how rich nations protect profits of multinational pharma firms

When rich nations insist on patent linkage provisions in bilateral and regional trade pacts, there is a way out

Doha endgame at Nairobi

WTO has buried the development mandate of the Doha round, with India failing to pull its weight at the ministerial meeting

South Korea

Grain gain or drain?

German climate change initiative

Dying diversity: North profits from destruction of southern hotspots

Hong Kong: a beginning?

In making TRIPS responsive to needs of poor countries?

Climate Control

Politics gets the better of common sense on the issue of global warming. At the upcoming climate change talks in Buenos Aires, US-led developed …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’

The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 70% of top polluting countries failed to meet GHGs reduction target

Countries should have been on track to meet the first round of their emission reduction targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.