mr malpass, who was appointed by former us president donald trump, will vacate the post before the end ofjune. the world bank, which provides loans and grants to developing countries, has been under pressure by member countries to take a leading role in addressing the climate crisis. joining me now is fiona cincotta, of city index. he was of course the pick of donald trump. criticise also as a climate change denier. how will his departure be viewed, do you think? i will his departure be viewed, do you think? do you think? i think there will be quite do you think? i think there will be quite a few- do you think? i think there will be quite a few people | do you think? i think there i will be quite a few people out there in quite a few countries that will be perhaps quite pleased to see some change at the top. let s not forget, last year, the biden administration rebuked him for saying that he wasn t sure if fossil fuels caused climate change. also had criticism from leaders, ex leade
have so many ex leaders - around judging so it s unusual to - have so many ex leaders commenting and giving have so many ex leaders commenting and giving their have so many ex leaders commenting and giving their thoughts. have so many ex leaders commenting and giving their thoughts. obviously. and giving their thoughts. obviously we need and giving their thoughts. obviously we need a and giving their thoughts. obviously we need a growing and giving their thoughts. obviously we need a growing economy, - and giving their thoughts. obviously we need a growing economy, therel and giving their thoughts. obviously. we need a growing economy, there is no question we need a growing economy, there is no question about we need a growing economy, there is no question about that, we need a growing economy, there is no question about that, and - we need a growing economy, there is no question about that, and again - we need a growing economy, there is no question about that, and aga
months in order to put a dent in this pandemic. there is going to have to be an awful lot of discussion over the course of the next few days over where those extra vaccines come from. there are ex leaders around a hundred ex leaders around a hundred ex leaders prime ministers, former secretaries assigned in open letter to the g7 saying it needs about $66 billion in the g7 needs to step up two thirds of that. that s an awful lot of money in the context of the debts that all these countries have run up. that will need to be thrashed out. they want to talk about a global surveillance initiative. this radar system whereby they would all work together collectively to spot identify and eradicate new variants that might p0p up eradicate new variants that might pop up around the world. when you think about that, that begs the obvious questions. what happens when you get a variant in a country like chatter ethiopia? do we in with vaccines or testing kits made
Ex-leaders, Nobel winners urge US to back India s Covid vaccine waiver plea
Ex-leaders, Nobel winners urge US to back India s Covid vaccine waiver plea
Former leaders and Nobel Prize winners called on US President Joe Biden to back a waiver of intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines as proposed by India and South Africa.
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More than 60 former heads of state, including former leaders of Britain and France, and over 100 Nobel Prize winners called on US President Joe Biden to back a waiver of intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines as proposed by India and South Africa.