The Iran War kicked off the price spike but it was uncanny how a machinery was so quickly put in place to instruct everyone of what to do. The panic about how to respond is intensifying. The crisis is without precedent, they say. We have to try new approaches, dramatic ones.

Suddenly, this institution called the International Energy Agency holds new prominence in world media. Founded in 1974, it’s an NGO associated with OPEC. It has no hard but only soft power – like the World Health Organization, with whom the IEA shares a similarly authoritative branding. [Read More]

The World Health Organisation’s (“WHO’s”) International Negotiating Body (“INB”) continues to work on a draft that will be accepted by a sufficient number of countries.  To be adopted by the World Health Assembly, the INB needs 60 countries to ratify its text.

Dr. Meryl Nass highlights some points from the latest draft of WHO’s Pandemic Treaty, which was published by Politico on Sunday.

The Pandemic Treaty will not only apply to pandemics but will apply at all times, she warned. [Read More]