Trade : Doha fisheries chair provides reasons for his draft proposals (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, New Delhi)
The chair of the Doha fisheries subsidi es negotiations at the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson o f Iceland, has suggested several changes for tackling the subsidies of the bi g subsidizers in the overcapacity and overfishing pillar to demonstrate that measures are being implemented to maintain at a biologically sustainable level stock s in the relevant fishery or fisheries, as well as on special and differential treat ment (SDT) provisions for developing countries, said people familiar with the explanat ory note issued along with his draft text.

Climate : All developing countries entitled to access loss & damage fund (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, New Delhi)
Developed country members of the UNFCCC's Transitional Committee (TC) for loss and damage made attempts to restrict access to the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) to only countries that ar e part of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Brazil : Women study more, but make little progress in the exact sciences (PRIV)
(IPS, Rio de Janeiro)
"I thought of studying journalism, because of the example of Gloria Maria," a famous black TV journalist who d ied of cancer in February 2023, said mathematician Luciana Elias, while discuss ing the scarce female participation in exact sciences research in Brazil.