Low-lying
Pacific island nations
have long been saying that the
climate
change commitments
coming from the wealthy nations of the world, including
the
G8
pledge
to hold global temperature rise to 2°C, are inadequate to protect
their future. Now they have some more allies -- A coalition of the world's
poorest countries,
The world's second biggest pharmaceutical company is to radically shift its attitude to providing cheap drugs to millions of people in the developing world.