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Yellen wants bolder World Bank steps on climate change, global issues

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged the World Bank to map out "bolder and more imaginative" steps on Thursday to address global challenges such as climate change even as it continues to aid individual developing countries.

Reuters

Kuwait plans reform to aid through economic development fund

Kuwait intends to reconsider its policy of providing aid to Arab and developing countries through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, its foreign minister said on Thursday.

Reuters

Japan to start exporting blood products to developing nations

Japan will start exporting human blood products for the first time in 57 years to support healthcare services in developing countries, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Emissions divide now greater within countries than between them – study

Report finds ‘relatively small group’ of rich people contribute disproportionately to emissions

The Guardian - UK

China and the sovereign-debt time bomb

International capital flows have long been a major source of economic growth. Savings in higher-income countries have financed high-yielding investments in low-income countries, generating benefits for all. After World War II, capital flows under the Marshall Plan drove the rapid reconstruction of Europe, and after those countries recovered, they extended…

Bangkok Post

Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry.

The Conversation

Pacific group urges NZ to support stricter shipping decarbonisation plans

A pledge that developing countries won’t wear the costs of ships going green will this year go before the International Maritime Organization.

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Thai diplomacy extends to Global South

At last week's virtual summit organised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to gather input from members of the Global South, Thailand diligently reached out to the world's developing and less developing countries with a holistic approach focusing on human security and balanced development.

Bangkok Post

India takes up economic woes of poor nations in virtual meet

India has convened a virtual summit of developing countries to evolve a strategy for a redress of their economic woes from the developed world

The Independent UK

Sleepwalking into another trade war

The world is embroiled in a mega-crisis comprising the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's war in Ukraine, high inflation, recession fears and rising debt distress across emerging markets and developing countries. The last thing we need is an additional source of economic harm. But that's what we may get, in the form…

Bangkok Post

India to host virtual summit of over 120 developing nations

A top foreign ministry official says India will host a virtual summit of over 120 developing countries next week to share their economic woes

The Independent UK

India to host virtual summit of about 120 developing countries in January

India will host a virtual summit of around 120 developing countries next week, its foreign minister said on Friday, as the country looks to bolster international cooperation during its presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) biggest economies.

Reuters

Time to make the most of deglobalisation

After four decades of fostering integration through trade and finance, the global economy has begun a painful process of fragmentation. Initially driven by wealthy countries -- namely, the US under former President Donald Trump and the UK following the Brexit referendum -- several geopolitical forces have combined to accelerate the…

Bangkok Post

Why the Congo plays a critical role in saving the world's biodiversity

A landmark biodiversity deal cliched at the Cop15 summit offers a mixed bag for nature-rich developing countries – namely the Democratic Republic of Congo – which now supports the text despite earlier protests over funding for conservation efforts.

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Some NGOs warn COP15 biodiversity agreement will 'devastate indigenous lives'

As many hail the COP15 biodiversity summit's deal to protect nature, DR Congo argues that it does not go far enough in supporting conservation efforts in developing countries. We also speak to one Senegalese doctor who is concerned about the agreement's limited protection for indigenous rights.

AAP

Australia promises more cash for nature

Australia has promised ongoing funding to help developing countries protect nature as the environment minister heads to a biodiversity summit in Canada.

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: Lula calls on rich nations to give more to protect Earth’s ecosystems

Brazil’s incoming president adds voice to demand as Montreal talks restart after series of walkouts

Bangkok Post

Investing in nature pays dividends

The mega-challenges engulfing the world today -- from Covid-19 to climate change -- have highlighted the interdependencies between people, planet, and the economy. As we chart a course to reignite global growth and drive green, resilient, and inclusive development, we must not ignore these interlinkages. Nature -- meaning biodiversity and…

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Saudi FM: We Are Seeking to Build Bridges Between East and West

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah stressed on Sunday that the Kingdom and Gulf countries were working on building bridges between the east and west. He cited the recent Riyadh-hosted summits that brought together the leaders of China and the United States as Saudi Arabia’s attempt to…

Salon

Will the 'loss and damage' fund happen?

The new 'loss and damage' fund aims to help vulnerable nations — but is it only a pipe dream?

The Guardian - UK

New Cumbrian coalmine would prove UK hypocrisy, say experts around world

Activists and experts say green light for coal would show UK’s ‘posturing, double standards and broken promises’

Bangkok Post

Climate meeting under scrutiny

Despite establishing a "loss and damage" fund to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate disasters, the negotiations at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt this year still failed to deliver meaningful commitments to phase out fossil fuels and combat the climate crisis.

The Conversation

As young people in rich countries drink less alcohol, elsewhere youth drinking is on the rise – podcast

The amount of alcohol young people drink in many high-income countries has seen a marked decline since the early 2000s. But in many developing countries, the opposite is happening. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to three experts studying trends in young people’s drinking habits to…

Salon

Trillions needed to fight climate change

At COP 27, negotiators have been haggling over how to pay for the mounting costs of climate change

Bangkok Post

Of debt and bondage with Beijing

Recently released details of Kenya's 2014 loan agreement with China to finance a controversial railway project have once again highlighted the predatory nature of Chinese lending in developing countries. The contract not only imposed virtually all risk on the borrower (including requiring binding arbitration in China to settle any dispute),…

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