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April 2020

COVID-19 and the world of work: Impact and policy responses

International Labour Organization (ILO)

COVID-19 will have far-reaching impacts on labour market outcomes.

8 April 2020

Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

Helen Mountford
"With the pandemic potentially triggering a global economic slowdown, leaders are already looking for ways to shore up their countries’ economies. The approaches they take to stimulate economic growth will have long-lasting effects, so they need to be chosen carefully," says Helen Mountford, Vice President, Climate & Economics at the World Resources Institute (WRI). "What governments should avoid is trying to boost their economies in the wake of one global health crisis by exacerbating another — namely air pollution. A stimulus package that includes ramping up fossil fuel production or use would do exactly this."
May 2020

Social and economic impact of COVID-19 and policy options in Uruguay

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
As the technical lead for the socio-economic response, UNDP and its country offices worldwide are working to assess the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies and communities. This report contains the preliminary findings of the socio-economic assessment conducted for Uruguay.
July 2020

COVID-19 and the World of Work: Jump-starting a green recovery with more and better jobs, healthy, and resilient societies

International Labour Organization (ILO)
This resource identifies how policies, investment, enterprises, employers’ and workers’ organisations, and consumers can work towards a sustainable green recovery. It summarises the resources offered by the ILO to advance decent work, social justice, and environmental sustainability simultaneously.

Green Economy Assessment Mauritius

Organisation: 
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
Country: 
Mauritius

This study was commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the request of the Government of Mauritius. Mauritius has made significant steps towards a greener economy with the new government agenda aiming to further drive this transition.

May 2020

Socioeconomic Assessment of COVID-19 in Ecuador

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
As the technical lead for the socio-economic response, UNDP and its country offices worldwide are working to assess the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies and communities. This report contains the preliminary findings of the socio-economic assessment conducted for Ecuador.
February 2019

1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
This report, 1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints, analyses the carbon footprint of household lifestyles and how changes can contribute to meeting the ambitious 1.5-degree aspirational target envisaged by the Paris Agreement on climate change. It analyses scientific emission scenarios and case studies from Finland, Japan, China, Brazil, and India, and proposes long-term targets for individuals’ lifestyle carbon footprints by 2030-2050, as well as low-carbon options that citizens and society can adopt.
June 2015

Growth Within: A circular economy vision for a competitive Europe

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, McKinsey Center for Business and Environment, Stiftungsfonds für Umweltökonomie und Nachhaltigkeit (SUN)

The circular economy is gaining increasing attention in Europe and around the world as a potential way for our society to increase prosperity, while reducing dependence on primary materials and energy.

May 2020

Social and economic impact of the COVID-19 and policy options in Jamaica

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
As the technical lead for the socio-economic response, UNDP and its country offices worldwide are working to assess the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies and communities. This report contains the preliminary findings of the socio-economic assessment conducted for Jamaica.
April 2020

Greening the Recovery - Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Fiscal policy across the globe is rightly focused on fighting the COVID-19-induced economic crisis. But the climate change crisis remains, as does the need for decisive policy action to address it. Indeed, decisions taken now to address the COVID-19 crisis may shape the climate, and human health, for decades. This note calls for fiscal policymakers to “green” their response to this crisis to prevent one crisis leading to another. Public support for such measures may be higher after the COVID-19 crisis.

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