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WHO member states'negotiations fail to reach agreeemt on Pandemic Accord.
Fri, 2024-05-24 17:14 —
mike kraft
Breaking - WHO Member States Fail To Reach Agreement On Pandemic Accord; Way Forward In Hands Of World Health Assembly - Health Policy Watch
A last ditch effort of WHO member states to finish negotiations on a pandemic accord has failed to yield agreement ahead of next week's World Health Assembly
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Fighting future pandemics: update on negotations for a new agreement
Fri, 2024-05-24 10:49 —
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Maritime court says countries have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions
Wed, 2024-05-22 09:32 —
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States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court
Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice
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Pandemic Agreement talks resume with hopes of chartering process for the future.
Mon, 2024-05-20 19:23 —
mike kraft
Little Chance Of Pandemic Agreement By World Health Assembly – But Charting Process For Future Is Likely - Health Policy Watch
Members of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) face another sleep-deprived week as talks on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement
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Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 5% last year
Thu, 2024-05-16 12:46 —
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How Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions last year
The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5% last year, official data published this week showed, continuing a trend of declining emissions in Europe.
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Pandemic treaty talks missed deadline but will continue talks --WHO
Tue, 2024-05-14 10:33 —
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Pandemic treaty talks will go on after missed deadline, some progress, WHO says
The document aims to shore up the world's defenses against new pathogens after the COVID pandemic.
Jennifer Rigby
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Difficulties emerge in drafting international ‘pandemic treaty’ to avoid mistakes made during COVID
Fri, 2024-05-10 10:02 —
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Countries struggle to draft 'pandemic treaty' to avoid mistakes made during COVID
After the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders worldwide vowed to do better next time but are still struggling to finalize a global plan. The World Health Organization is overseeing an effort to come up with an agreement for responding to the next pandemic.
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty-- The Telegraph report
Thu, 2024-05-09 10:49 —
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's (WHO) pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
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More states considering requiring sick leave provisions following expiration of Covid protectons
Thu, 2024-05-09 10:17 —
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Paid Sick Leave Sticks After Many Pandemic Protections Vanish - KFF Health News
The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states including Missouri, Alaska, and Nebraska are organizing to take the issue to voters with ballot initiatives this November.
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Analysis: A step to counter climate change increases in urban flooding --"sponge cities"
Wed, 2024-05-08 14:29 —
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As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here's how communities can become 'sponge cities'
"When it rains, it pours" once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it's becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate.
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