Although the Pandemic Treaty was adopted at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), its core mechanism for ensuring equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics remains unresolved. As the World Health Assembly approaches its 79th session in May 2026, negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) System enter their final and decisive phase. In the upcoming months, governments will negotiate under intense time pressure while industry lobbying and geopolitical interests threaten to dilute or delay meaningful commitments.
PABS aims to ensure that during outbreaks [...]
Billionaires often pay less tax than the middle class. Not for technical reasons, but because there is a lack of political will to change this. It is a question of fairness. And a question of democracy.
French economist Gabriel Zucman is one of the most internationally renowned researchers on tax justice and wealth concentration. For years, he has been demonstrating how extreme wealth systematically evades taxation. The consequences are clear: governments lose billions in revenue, societies lose faith in equality before the law, and democracies lose their scope for action.
This trend is also [...]
The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg in late November offered a once-in-20-years opportunity to promote a specific African agenda through the G20. The South African government set high expectations when it chose the theme “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability” for its presidency.
