Learning from the ‘COVID War’
Preventing pandemic destruction is not just a question of “how to.” It is a question of organizing power from below.

We are currently at a crossroads: The underlying issues of speciesism and the anthropocentric bias of law are increasingly contested.
The age of hyper-globalization requires global institutions that enable global – collective – responses to contain pandemics worldwide.
As policymakers consider proposals aimed at preventing another pandemic, the integration of the science-policy interface in their design is important.
WHO has an opportunity to advance extraterritorial obligations under the right to health as an international legal basis for global solidarity.
A new pandemic instrument should explicitly embrace the three emerging global regulatory standards of due diligence, due regard, and regulatory coherence.
An innovative pandemic treaty could become a transformative model of global solidarity in the face of common threats.
In this video explainer, Tara Sklar discusses pets and COVID-19 with Andrew T. Maccabe, CEO of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.