and rachel bezner kerr. global development at cornell university and -- one of the coordinating lead author for the chapter on climate change impacts and icc report. a major decision about covid vaccines. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "sante" by stromae. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. hundreds of public health and civil society organizations have denounced the world trade organization for approving a test last week that they say leaves in place intellectual property barriers that will continue to limit global access to covid-19 vaccines, tests, and treatment. in cape town, south africa, fatima hassan is the founder and director of health justice initiative in south africa whose recent op-ed is headlined "new wto deal is a slap in the face to poorer countries." and in new york city, we are joined by mihir mankad, a senior advisor for global health advocacy and policy for doctors without borders or msf. he was at the wto meeting. w