by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The granting of intellectual property waivers is not the right way to increase output of COVID-19 vaccines, the founder of German vaccine maker BioNTech (22UAy.DE) said on Wednesday, advocating instead the award of production licences. Such waivers are among the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
The world’s banks, asset managers and insurers should provide more information to investors about the greenhouse gas emissions from the activities they finance, a group that tracks emissions data said on Wednesday. CDP, which maintains a system used by...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy
The dual impacts of the pandemic and Myanmar's political crisis triggered by a military coup could result in nearly half the population, or as many as 25 million people, dropping into poverty by 2022, the United Nations Development Programme warns. In a report...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Some painkillers like Ibuprofen are found to worsen Covid-19, known to be harmful to heart failure patients and may increase risk of kidney damage, the ICMR said as it advised against taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recommended taking...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed mine. Community groups worried about pollution and climate change have...
