Middle East
Green protectionism vs. growth
IPN Opinion article
As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in Copenhagen, the USA and other rich countries were working on protectionist carbon tariffs that will harm their own economies and harm the poor even more. On top of that, these "border measures" or "adaptation mechanisms" will not even have much effect on emissions.
The new boom in malaria
World Malaria Day, 25 April - The biggest threat is the rise of drug-resistant parasites due to fake and sub-standard medicines. As with other drugs before, this resistance is emerging all along the Mekong, from Cambodia to Myanmar, where the wonder-drug artemisinin is already failing: this threatens malaria victims everywhere.
