Palliative care not available for majority in developing countries: WHO

Only 20 countries across the world have palliative care well integrated into their health-care systems, says report

Devil quotes the scriptures

The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak

Global Environmental Governance

Global environmental negotiations on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and desertification often seem to be far removed from the …

People forget food is about land, water, labour

Producing food simply to dump it is a waste of land, water, energy required for growing, processing and transporting it. Tristram Stuart,author …

The Bali myth of $1 trillion trade gains

Trade facilitation is a major imposition on developing countries with little likelihood of promised benefits

India's climate dilemma

Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?

No balanced package for Doha

Bangkok climate talks divided over closure of long-term cooperative action

A time-bomb ticking

Free access

A logjam in the making

Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Healthy advice to pharma companies

Re-energise yourself

Facts modified

To help the biotech industry

Dallying in Dalian

Little progress in WTO agricultural negotiations

Norway pulls out of World Bank facility

Carbon discredit

Wrong cure

Pyrrhic victory

Breach of protocol

Unmasked

Double standards and transparency

A treaty to block cheaper drugs

Developed countries to use a geographical advantage to stop generics

High road to Dubai COP28: Developing countries demand ambition on financial support in Bonn

There can be no discussion on enhancing mitigation ambition in developing country Parties without an accompanied discussion on enhancing …

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?

Most nations signed up to an agreement to establish a so-called loss and damage fund last year

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

Ghebreyesus needs to use his strong mandate – notably from the Global South – to truly reform the WHO