Climate: "No" to imposing national mitigation targets (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, Belem)
Discussions on the "Sharm-el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme" (commonly referred to as the "Mitigation Work Programme" (MWP)) at the on-going climate talks in Belem, Brazil, saw many developing countries stressing that work under the programme occurs within its mandate and should not be used to impose national mitigation targets.

Climate: Global Goal on Adaptation work advances with talks on draft text (PRIV)
(Eqram Mustaqeem, Belem)
Parties at the Belem climate talks on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) agenda item under the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Bodies (SBs), delivered a strong start on the first day of informal consultations held on 11 November, culminating with a mandate given to the co-facilitators to produce a draft text. Since then, Parties have been engaging in providing inputs to the draft.

WHO: Divergences persist in talks on pathogen access & benefit-sharing system (PRIV)
(Sangeeta Shashikant and Nithin Ramakrishnan, London/Kochi)
The third meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Pandemic Agreement ended with a draft PABS Annex text that incorporates textual suggestions from Members of the World Health Organization (WHO), adding clarity to the divergences that continue to persist along North-South lines.