About this Discussion

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.

Upcoming Events

Green Recovery from COVID-19

A post is already pinned to this stream. Would you like to replace it?
A post is already pinned to this stream. Would you like to replace it?
P4G, Government of the Republic of Korea

In order to enhance the global momentum for green recovery initiatives in the post COVID-19 era and to strengthen international actions in the climate sector by sharing Korea’s Green Finance policy direction, this forum will be hosted jointly by the P4G and Korea (Ministry of Economy and Finance),… Read More

United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), New Scientist

Join a top-level panel of scientists, conservationists, and policymakers as they discuss how our disregard for nature caused COVID-19 – and how we can seize a unique opportunity to recover better. This event accompanies the New Scientist's “Rescue Plan for Nature” feature series and is… Read More

How does a country deal with climate disasters when it’s drowning in debt? The combination of debt, climate change and environmental degradation represents a systemic risk to the global economy.

Read More

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/climate/debt-climate-change.html

Check out the latest #TheGreenRenaissance podcast, which was released last week! ?

This month’s topic: Sustainable Finance ?

Featuring UNDP’s Onno van den Heuvel, Global Canopy’s Andrew Mitchell and BNP Paribas’ Gwen Yu.

Q: With COVID-19 the product of a biodiversity crisis, how do we redirect finance flows to create a more nature-positive economy tomorrow?

Subscribe so that you don’t miss out: https://bit.ly/3sY38PO

Read More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOo23ZkXE&ab_channel=UNClimateChange%3ALearn

Investing in urban public transport can create 5 million green jobs by 2030. Check out how cities are key in a climate-smart pandemic recovery.

Read More

https://www.reuters.com/article/global-cities-transportation/refile-want-to-create-5-million-green-j...

ICYMI - On 11 February, Colombia released a new National Policy on Sustainable Recovery (CONPES No. 4023)

> Policy (in Spanish) available here: https://colaboracion.dnp.gov.co/CDT/Conpes/Econ%C3%B3micos/4023.pdf
> Overview (from a third party, in English) here: https://bu.com.co/en/noticias/conpes-sustainable-economic-recovery

Read More

https://colaboracion.dnp.gov.co/CDT/Conpes/Econ%C3%B3micos/4023.pdf
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership(GGKP), Office for National Statistics(United Kingdom)

#GGKPwebinar/ESWG Seminar - Dasgupta Report: Recommendations for revised economic accounting   30 March 2021, 15:30-17:30 CEST About this Event The Dasgupta report on Biodiversity. Accounting for Nature The Economic Statistics Working Group (ESWG)* is organising a series of seminars… Read More

Boston University

As the only global institution tasked with preventing and mitigating global financial instability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been called upon to play a crucial role in combatting the effects of two simultaneous crises: COVID-19 and climate change. Since the inception of the crisis,… Read More