G7 rejects pleas to fund Covid jabs for poor countries, despite Boris Johnson's 'vaccinate the world' pledge
News / 15th June 2021G7 leaders have rejected pleas to find billions of pounds to end Covid jab shortages in poor countries, despite Boris Johnson making a plan to “vaccinate the world” his aim for the Cornwall summit.
G7 climate commitments judged too weak to bag COP26 success
News / 14th June 2021Green groups say a lack of fresh finance to help developing countries adopt renewable energy and adapt to a warmer planet threatens key climate talks in November.
‘Far too low’: Tax justice campaigners push back against the G7’s 15% minimum tax-rate pact
News / 9th June 2021The world’s richest countries have finally agreed in principle to the idea of a global minimum corporate tax rate—a step that could signal a conclusion to a debate that has been raging for nearly a decade.
A call for the WHO not to encourage the privatisation and commercialisation of healthcare amidst a COVID-19 crisis
News / 27th May 2021On the first day of the World Health Assembly, civil society organisations have sent an open letter to the WHO critisicing the encouragment of privatisation of healthcare amidst a COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid vaccines create 9 new billionaires with combined wealth greater than cost of vaccinating world’s poorest countries
News / 21st May 2021At least nine people have become new billionaires since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, thanks to the excessive profits pharmaceutical corporations with monopolies on COVID vaccines are making.