Key pressure facing businesses and governments is the pace of required action Cliff Taylor The potential economic cost of climate warming is by now undeniable. The lack of sufficiently rapid action internationally to deal with this may in part reflect the fact that the worst risks are some way off. But part of the problem […]
Common feature of all proposals is a substantial tax on emissions from fossil fuels John FitzGerald Climate change is a policy challenge unlike most others, because success will require a global effort in a sphere which will bring significant upfront costs for each economy. And, although the world will benefit in the future from concerted policy […]
INTRODUCTION L’État de droit, dont le respect est inhérent à l’adhésion à l’Union européenne, intéresse au premier chef les institutions de celle-ci, mais aussi les citoyens attachés à la liberté de la presse, l’indépendance de la justice, et plus largement au fonctionnement démocratique dans nos pays. Comment faire respecter l’État de droit là où il […]
Les pays développés ne sortiront pas du cauchemar de la pandémie si le reste du monde est exclu de la protection conférée par la vaccination. A ce constat s’ajoute le danger du creusement des divergences économiques entre Nord et Sud, observe dans sa chronique Sylvie Kauffmann, éditorialiste au « Monde ». Chronique. C’était, en miniature, un avant-goût de […]
IP WAIVER PROPOSAL DISTRACTS FROM US VACCINE NATIONALISM, FORMER WTO CHIEF SAYS: Washington’s support for lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines could be a smart way to move the spotlight away from American vaccine nationalism, according to former World Trade Organization chief and EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy. It is “difficult to assess the impact in […]
COVID-19 certificates for international travel must be free, universally available and non-discriminatory. They must also be limited in time and use, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics has recommended. As some countries work to welcome back visitors and restart tourism, the Committee met to assess the implications health certificates might have on tourism ethics. As […]
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