WTO: IFDA faces pushback as proponents intensify lobbying ahead of MC14 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
As members of the World Trade Organization approach the upcoming WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), proponents of the controversial Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) have intensified their lobbying, said people familiar with the development.

Climate: Divergences persist over Global Stocktake negotiations (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, Belem)
Negotiations on matters related to the Global Stocktake (GST) have revealed the continuation of key divergences amongst Parties at the on-going climate talks in Belem, Brazil.

Climate: Loss and damage talks advance work on long overdue WIM review (PRIV)
(Jinghann Hong, Belem)
Loss and damage negotiations over the 3rd review of the "Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage (L&D) Associated with Climate Change Impacts", saw advances in the negotiations in Belem, Brazil at the on-going climate talks. The WIM review had been long overdue.