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Guillaume Long closes #Rio2023 saying an absolute priority for building a better world is rescinding corporate courts. As foreign minister of Ecuador he made a start when his government ripped up 24 investment agreements ✊ 
Ecuador set up a democratic commission to investigate the country’s investment deals, and found many of them were signed illegally, and none had a positive impact on the people. More than anything, they benefitted the oil sector, and were a disaster for #ClimateChange
Guillaume Long welcomes the withdrawal of European countries for leaving the Energy Charter Treaty. ‘But there’s a contradiction. These same countries are trying to stop global south countries leaving similar treaties. It’s “do what I say, not what I do”’ #Rio2023
‘Our current intellectual property model puts Big Pharma profits ahead of any consideration, including public health. It also impedes innovation.’ This morning we hear from Joe Stiglitz at #Rio2023 on why the current patent model is bad for nearly all of us.
‘You can see this during Covid, where Big Pharma put their own interests ahead of the lives and well being of literally hundreds of millions of people around the world, not to mention our economy’ Stiglitz at #Rio2023
‘The ability of countries to deal with #ClimateChange depends on access to technology. Currently, much technology is in the hands of richest countries. Way back, we said we’d need to share this technology. Rich countries have never delivered on this promise’ Stiglitz #Rio2023
