Global pandemic treaty nears adoption, but key obstacle remains
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Paula Dupraz-Dobias
Paula Dupraz-Dobias is an award-winning investigative journalist and news and documentary producer with over 30 years of experience in all forms of media in Europe, North America and South America. She is based in Switzerland, but works regularly in Peru and the United States.
Nations brace for tough choices at global health meet in Geneva amid funding gap
The World Health Assembly opens its annual session on Monday amid the WHO’s ongoing funding crisis and the anticipated adoption of the pandemic treaty – or at least the bulk of it that has been agreed.
China-US talks kick off in Geneva – expert warns failure could trigger economic split
Talks between Chinese vice premier He Lifeng and US treasury secretary Scott Bessent began Saturday morning on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. China expert Scott Kennedy outlines the stakes in the US magazine Foreign Policy, warning of disastrous consequences should the world’s two largest economies fully decouple.
Beijing and Washington break ice on first day of trade talks in Geneva
In a bid to ease mounting trade tensions, American and Chinese delegations met at the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Cologny, Geneva, for extended discussions aimed at paving the way toward real negotiations over the steep tariffs the economic superpowers have been trading.
Can Swiss ski resorts outrun climate change?
Swiss ski resorts have succeeded in boosting visitor numbers through offers such as multi-resort passes. But more needs to be done so the industry can future-proof itself against the threat of melting glaciers and snowless winters.
WHO chief assures agency ‘open to reform’ to resolve chronic funding woes
As the World Health Organization (WHO) faces its biggest financial challenge yet, its chief says the UN agency had long understood the importance of reforming its funding scheme years ago, before the Covid pandemic got in the way.
WHO’s elusive plans to scale back fray nerves
Just weeks before the annual World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed its latest proposals to slim the nearly 10,000 staff-strong organisation, as donor cuts weigh heavily on the UN agency.
Autocrats in Azerbaijan and elsewhere emboldened by Trump’s disdain for multilateralism
As the US government veers away from its engagements with multilateral organisations and redefines rights and social protection at home, Azerbaijan is one of several authoritarian governments taking note, to set new limits on impunity.
What’s behind Switzerland’s caution over unfreezing Russian assets to aid Ukraine?
Calls are mounting on both sides of the Atlantic for frozen Russian assets to be released to fund Ukraine’s war and reconstruction costs. Switzerland is under pressure to do more. But it’s not that simple.
African teens' mental health suffers on the climate frontlines
Teaching climate-resilient farming to young people in rural Global South communities and encouraging them to stay in school could help ward off mental health problems triggered by worsening climate change impacts, according to new research in Africa.
Kenneth Roth, trente ans de lutte pour les droits de l’homme: «La Chine est le seul pays qui veut les réécrire»
L’Américain Kenneth Roth a dirigé l’organisation Human Rights Watch pendant trois décennies. Il explique sa stratégie, décrypte comment elle pourrait fonctionner sur Donald Trump et pourquoi la Chine est à ses yeux la plus grande menace.
Kenneth Roth, three decades of ‘naming and shaming’ autocrats
After leading Human Rights Watch for three decades, Kenneth Roth stepped down in 2022 to write a memoir about his mission to uphold rights and pressure governments that violate them to change their policies. He tells Geneva Solutions how he made that happen and why he thinks China is the biggest threat to the human rights system.
UAE vs. Switzerland: rivalry or synergy in commodity trade?
Dubai has positioned itself as a key commodities hub. But that’s not necessarily at the expense of Switzerland.
Meet the organisation behind Eurovision and its fight for trusted journalism
Ahead of the annual Eurovision song contest, the head of its organising body unpacks the politics that often accompany the event while defending fact-based journalism as governments and big tech feed the rise of disinformation.
La politique de Donald Trump pourrait bouleverser la science du climat à l’échelle mondiale
Après que les Etats-Unis ont annoncé leur retrait de l’Accord de Paris, une série de décrets émis par la Maison-Blanche alarment les experts. Ces décisions risquent de défaire le réseau établi de coopération scientifique mondiale sur le climat
How Trump policy could unravel global climate science
Since the United States announced it was exiting the Paris agreement, a flurry of subsequent decrees from the White House risk unravelling a carefully woven web of global scientific cooperation on climate, experts warn.
Trump orders push humanitarians to brink of ‘aid politicisation’, alerts aid chief Jamie Munn
As the aid sector scrambles to adapt to the sudden disruption in US donor funding, the director of a Geneva-based network of humanitarian organisations warns of political leaders commanding aid at the expense of vulnerable communities.
Trump Paris deal exit – what it means for climate finance
In the days since Donald Trump U-turned US climate policy, global leaders and experts are trying to gauge where climate finance will come from after one of the world’s largest donors exits the Paris agreement.
Global health groups brace for funding fallout ahead of Trump’s comeback
As Donald Trump is sworn in for the second time as US president, international health organisations in Geneva and millions of the world’s neediest risk being left out in the cold.
ILO warns of climate strains on workers as corporations drop ESG goals
Days before the business elite descends on Davos, the United Nations labour agency says climate change presents both threats and opportunities as corporations lose their appetite for sustainability goals.
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