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With alarming speed, COVID-19 has infected tens of millions of people worldwide and killed more than one million. It has impacted economies and changed people's lives, particularly the poor and vulnerable who are already disproportionately impacted by climate change and other environmental, social, and economic risks.
The virus has also become central to national policy and has halted business operations in ways that were unimaginable. The economic impacts of these efforts are likely to be felt for years to come.
In addition to responses from government leaders, who are calling for support to cope with the twin crises of public health and rebuilding economies in sustainable and resource-efficient ways, industry and finance stakeholders also have important roles. This includes generating innovative solutions for diversifying production portfolios, building business capacities for sustaining growth, and aligning institutional investors’ fiduciary duties and stewardship practices with long-term decision-making and sustainable value creation.
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What is the link between environmental degradation and increased frequency of zoonotic disease outbreaks? This news article recognises how financial and technical support is an important aspect in preventing disease outbreaks.
Created a Post in Energy, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Industry and Entrepreneurship
Event recording and report now available -- Chilling Prospects: Tracking Sustainable Cooling for All 2021 (https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-05/Chilling-Prospects-21-SEf…)
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The possibility of achieving economic growth and reducing carbon emissions simultaneously has been a big debate for a long time. This moderated discussion introduces two economists' view on the topic.
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How can we regenerate our society and economies following the pandemic? This blog posts explores the green recovery journey which seeks to address the important sectors in the economy - business, capital markets, local and national governments to work together on ambitious climate action.
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Climate Change
To what degree have different types of green financial policy and regulatory measures been a key driver of green finance in different markets?
The Green Finance Platform, the International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research, and Exchange (INSPIRE), and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment launched the Sustainable Finance Policy Effectiveness Working Group to provide financial policymakers with evidence on which regulatory actions may be most effective to support the alignment of financial markets with sustainable development
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How can different types of green finance measures stimulate market growth while contributing to positive environmental impacts?
Today, the Green Finance Platform, the International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research, and Exchange (INSPIRE), and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment announced the launch of a new Working Group dedicated to Sustainable Finance Policy Effectiveness
While governments take urgent action to ease the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic with substantial fiscal and liquidity support packages, far less effort has been expended to make economies resilient to climate change and to decarbonise the energy, transport, and agricultural sectors.
The NDC Partnership's Economic Advisory Initiative is continuing to embed economic advisors in the planning and finance ministries of 34 developing countries, with support from 13 of its members, in order to put climate action at the heart of COVID-19 recovery. To date, 35 advisors have been deployed in 24 countries, with recruitment underway in another 10 countries.
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Traditional recovery followed by conventional stabilisation or recalibrated recovery followed by resilient stabilisation? Which scenario should governments and businesses pursue to ensure a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the long term?
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According to an emerging analysis by Vivid Economics, for every single euro invested through the EU member states' National Resilience and Recovery Plans, only less than 2 cents benefit nature. This is a huge missed opportunity for jobs, economic stimulus, emission reductions and biodiversity gains - in contrast to what the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has described the EU Recovery Plans as "the opportunity of the century". Despite a wide array of available reports, tools, and guidance, there is still much work to be done in order to convince decision-makers of the significant benefits that climate-positive and nature-based solutions can offer as part of their recovery plans.