Blogs
Briefing for councillors on the climate and ecological emergency
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 17 July 2022
Campaigns: Climate
Globally, many of the most effective initiatives in relation to climate change have come from local councils and the majority of our local councils have recognised the urgency of the […]
Read moreTen reasons why we need a new pharma system
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 July 2022
Campaigns: Pharma
Big pharma companies have profiteered of the pandemic instead of sharing their vaccine recipes and intellectual property. But this wasn’t a glitch in the system. Pharma companies have behaved like […]
Read moreCoal ransom: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of the German coal phase-out
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 22 April 2022
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
The risk of being sued in ‘corporate courts’ in the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the cost of the coal phase-out in Germany up to twelve times. This is a […]
Read moreISDS files – Anglo American v Colombia
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 31 March 2022
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
UK mining giant, Anglo American is suing Colombia after a Colombian court prevented the expansion of the Cerrejón open cast coal mine. Case file summary.
Read moreMP briefing on TRIPS waiver, January 2022
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 11 January 2022
Campaigns: Pharma
Briefing for the backbench debate ‘Global Vaccine Access’. The TRIPS Waiver and why it matters 13 January 2021
Read moreDebt and the Climate Crisis: A Perfect Storm
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 28 September 2021
Campaigns: Climate, Debt
This new joint briefing explains why debt justice is key to addressing the climate crisis.
Read moreFinancing justice? UK climate finance and how to increase ambition at COP26
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 22 September 2021
Campaigns: Climate
In 2010, rich countries pledged to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance to the global south by 2020, but fell well short. Official estimates suggest that rich countries […]
Read moreBriefing: Corporate courts vs the climate
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 16 September 2021
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
Climate finance for low-income countries is already abysmally insufficient. But thanks to corporate courts, rich countries could end up paying nearly as much to fossil fuel companies as they do […]
Read moreEnd the debt trap: Cancel Zambia’s debt
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 6 July 2021
Campaigns: Debt
Briefing and leaflet for Scottish supporters Covid-19 exacerbated an already growing sovereign debt crisis across much of the global south. The pandemic is predicted to push over a hundred and […]
Read moreA Five Step Plan for a People’s Vaccine
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 20 May 2021
Campaigns: Pharma
People’s Vaccine Policy Manifesto May 2021 The world is facing a vaccine apartheid – billions of people are unprotected facing the threat of illness and death from this cruel disease. […]
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