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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.
Created a Post in Climate Change, Forestry, Green Recovery from COVID-19
Greetings to all. Am glad to join this wonderful team to help restore,preserve and conserve our universe
Created a Post in Climate Change, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Sustainable Finance
COP26 was described as "our last chance saloon" to save the planet. More than 35,000 delegates from 197 countries descended on host-city Glasgow over two weeks last November, and at the end we had a new climate agreement – the Glasgow Climate Pact, which will set the global climate agenda to 2030 ?
But in the months that have passed since, the response to COP26 and the Pact has been predictably cool. So what did all the talks and meetings mean? Post-Glasgow, are we really better placed to tackle the climate crisis? And is it time to give young people more of a say in their own climate futures? ✊
In this final episode of #TheGreenRenaissance podcast, we ask what the real legacy of Glasgow will be. Featuring interviews with Angus Mackay (United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts), Marie-Claire Graf and Heeta Lakhani (both YOUNGO).
? bit.ly/3oLCCbS ? bit.ly/3JowUV8 (with captions) ? Or search for The Green Renaissance wherever you get your podcasts.
Created an Event in Energy, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Water and Sanitation
Created an Opportunity in Green Recovery from COVID-19, Industry and Entrepreneurship
Created a Post in Natural Capital, Forestry, Green Recovery from COVID-19
NEW RESEARCH
Basque Centre for Climate Change and GGKP developed an NCA methodology to assess the costs, benefits, and investment gap for achieving select natural capital-related SDG targets and applied it to 20 countries. The report found that for every nature-related SDG target analysed the benefits of investing in natural capital outweigh the costs.
By knowing which intervention will have the greatest impact in terms of natural capital and enhancement and financial return, this data can help governments and financial institutions prioritize their investments and meet their 2030 targets.
More from lead author Dr. Anil Markandya: ggkp.org/ZaY
Created a Post in Gender, Green Recovery from COVID-19
How can we identify gender gaps in current and future recovery measures? The integration of gender-transformative policies is necessary in driving a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Read more about the challenges and opportunities for gender policies in the European Green Deal:
Created a Post in Green Recovery from COVID-19
Hi all - A note for anyone interested that late last year at the OECD GGSD, GEC published a working paper on 'Setting a structural agenda for a green economic recovery from COVID-19' (with support from the partners for inclusive green economies (PIGE) group) A link to the paper is included below, and a key table on the 'menu' of green structural recovery measures. We're looking at a revised / final version, so if anyone has any interest or suggested sources/resources, don't hesitate to get in touch. https://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/initiatives/partners-inclusive-gre…
chris.hopkins@greeneconomycoalition.org
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EEA Urban environmental sustainability transitions survey
Do you work for a European city? Are you involved in your city’s efforts on environmental sustainability?
Fill in this survey on the drivers and the barriers of the sustainability transition in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
How is green finance integrated in governments' regulatory landscape?
The Green Finance Measures Database – supported by the Global Environment Facility – is a critical tool to monitor jurisdictions’ leadership in defining market standards for climate neutrality and allow them to benchmark their green finance regulatory landscape against peers.
"With global CO2 emissions still rising, governments must shift the allocation of capital towards their #ClimatePledges"
The political dynamics underpinning a more coordinated approach to green finance measures – in response to the insufficiencies and inadequacies of market-driven solutions to green the financial system – are an important caveat. As climate-related radical uncertainty intersects with non-reversible climate tipping points, regulators and supervisors need to move beyond quantitative analyses that have characterized risk-based approaches to financial measures over the past 6 years.