Ministers of Health and Environment from WHO’s European Region, meeting this week in Budapest, are poised to adopt a Declaration pledging to tackle climate, pollution and biodiversity risks that account for about 15% of disease burden in the 53-nation region. Health and environment ministers from WHO’s 53-member strong WHO European Region are meeting in Budapest […] Continue reading ->
With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations.  This issue also provides […] Continue reading ->
India this week published the draft of a Green Credit Programme aimed at incentivising environmentally conscious practices to promote a sustainable lifestyle as part of the broader Indian initiative, Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE).  The new Green Credit Programme aims to lay the foundation for a market-based mechanism to promote “a grassroot mass movement for combating […] Continue reading ->