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Global south-led vaccine summit eyes new tech-sharing platform
News / 23rd June 2021Global South states commit to share Covid-19 vaccine technology and production at a four-day 'Summit for Vaccine Internationalism'.
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.
Real change won’t come from the G7
Blog / 14th June 2021How the G7 continues to stand in the way of a more democratic international order - by Nick Dearden for the New Internationalist.
Leading Astronauts make a call to Earth ahead of the G7 summit – urging international cooperation for the sake of people and planet
Blog / 11th June 2021Leading Astronauts from the USA, Japan and South Korea have joined forces in a new short film targeting G7 leaders, who meet this weekend in Cornwall, UK.
‘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.
The big question about British foreign aid is always missed: what is it supporting?
Blog / 9th June 2021If aid is to meaningfully tackle poverty, it can’t just be about charity. Instead, it should be about redistributing the world’s resources and dismantling the power structures that maintain global inequality, writes Aisha Dodwell.
A corporate tax reset by the G7 will only work if it delivers for poorer nations too
Blog / 4th June 2021G7 negotiations for a global minimum corporate tax rate offers the opportunity for a transformational shift in responses to the pandemic, explains Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network.
Poor pushed aside as corporates pocket pandemic funds in developing countries
Report / 2nd June 2021Large corporations, rather than ordinary people, have been the main beneficiaries of Covid bailout funds in many lower-income countries.
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.