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Think Piece: Gender and Climate Change in the Context of COVID-19
(2020)
2020 was intended to be a pivotal year for the global gender equality agenda and global climate change ambition. It was supposed to be a year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action and to ...
Working with the Environment to Protect People: UNEP’s COVID-19 Response
(2020)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stands with the billions of people suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The immediate priority is to protect them. But UNEP also has a duty to help nations build back better ...
COVID-19: Implications for Trade and Environment
(2020)
Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction during the COVID 19 outbreak and the prospects for a quick recovery of trade depend on the duration of the epidemic and effectiveness of policy responses.
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)
The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ...
Key Messages - Preventing the Next Pandemic – Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission
(2020)
This evidence-based scientific assessment has identified the following key messages for decision-makers: 1) De-risking food systems; 2) Urgency; 3) Report audience; 4) Scope of the problem; 5) Outbreak frequency and ...
Human Rights, the Environment and COVID-19 - Key Messages: Human Rights at the Heart of Response
(2020)
The COVID-19 crisis reveals a clear truth about catastrophic risk in an increasingly globalized world: an effective response requires immediate, ambitious and evidence-based preventive action at the international level. ...
Building Back Better: The Role of Green Fiscal Policies - Policy Brief
(2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the many fragilities of our economies, and deepened existing inequalities, while highlighting the need for resilience, innovation, and cooperation in our societies. The immediate priority ...
Recommendations for the Tourism Sector to Continue Taking Action on Plastic Pollution during COVID-19 Recovery
(2020)
The following five recommendations are addressed to tourism stakeholders with the aim of supporting them to continue fighting plastic
pollution during the COVID-19 recovery. This document illustrates how reducing the ...