by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
French banks and insurers should speed up their response to climate change, France’s banking regulator said on Tuesday, after publishing what it called the world’s first climate-related stress test of banks. Other financial watchdogs around the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
TOKYO: Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Olympic officials have...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Policy, Regulation
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use on certain crops. The European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal by Bayer to overturn a lower EU...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders said Thursday that in the wake of the U.S. backing patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccine technology, the 27-nation bloc immediately will start discussing whether they should join such a move. The leaders' first opportunity to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
A potential World Trade Organization waiver of patent and trade secret protections for Covid-19 vaccines would leave pharmaceutical companies with limited legal avenues to recover costs. The U.S. on Wednesday expressed support for a temporary waiver, sending...
