All articles for the topic: COVID-19

Post-COVID Economic Recovery and Natural Capital

Post-COVID Economic Recovery and Natural Capital

This article assesses selected post-COVID policies of the Government of India to understand the extent of incorporating natural capital elements in decision-making.

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COVID Epidemic-Macroeconomic Model

The SEI Epidemic-Macroeconomic Model is a software designed to help national and regional authorities develop their own Covid-19 pandemic-adjusted economic baseline scenarios for sustainable development planning.

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COPE Books for Children: COVID-19

Learn about disaster risk reduction, COVID and how the virus is spread in this illustrated book for children from COPE

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Indian case study on “Integrating Natural Capital into Government Post-COVID Economic Decision-Making"

Indian Case Study: Integrating Natural Capital into Government Post-COVID Economic Decision-Making

This article provides an overview of the opportunities for integrating natural capital into COVID-19 recovery plans in India. 

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The IPCC's 6th Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability - Summary for Policymakers

Explore the key findings and further resources from Working Group II's contribution to the IPCC's sixth climate report. 

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Resilience: The Global Adaptation Podcast

Resilience Podcast

Resilience is a podcast from UNEP's GAN that brings you inspiring stories from people all over the world who are adapting to climate change in practical, creative, and innovative ways. Listen to the podcasts here! 

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Environmental Linkages to Population Health and Wellbeing in Coastal Areas of the Bay of Bengal (EnHealth-BoB)

EnHealth-Bob is a network created among stakeholders in the Bay of Bengal to link information and data from both public health and climate change domains, to promote appropriate policy action plans.

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Mountain forests management and well-being in the Andes

The article analyzes how the actions promoted by the Andean Forests Program contributed to the well-being and resilience of the population in its intervention sites.

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Food systems are one key area for just transition (c) Deepak Kumar

Challenges and Opportunities for a Just Transition

This paper outlines key challenges and opportunities for a just transition in energy and food and cross-cutting topics including gender, youth, social inclusion, and a just COVID-19 recovery.

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Resilience and Green recovery in Europe: the critical role of the EU Adaptation Strategy

This blog post explores the features and implications of the revised EU Adaptation Strategy that will be adopted in 2021.

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 Freighters anchored at Dar es Salaam harbour in Tanzania.

Enhancing resilience within global value chains: the implications of COVID-19 for climate change adaptation and mitigation policies

This blog discusses the implications of the COVID-19 crisis in relation to trade within global value chains (GVCs) given the looming climate change crisis.

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The Big Climate Movement, Migration Matters

The Big Climate Movement

Three experts and eight climate activists dissect the complex interactions between migration and climate change in this 12-episode video series. 

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“The aggregation of national interest does not amount to the global interest of the planet” – Youssef Nassef, Director of Adaptation at the UNFCCC

The Transboundary Risks of Climate Change

Why the UK Foreign Office’s international science and innovation division will be working closely with ODI, SEI and IDDRI to bring transboundary climate risk to the forefront ahead of COP26 and beyond.

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locust invasion in mwingi cred: greenpeace paul basweti

Kenya’s perfect storm of Covid-19, floods and locusts swarms: What does it mean for food security?

In 2020, the East African region faced the multiple threats of locust swarms, flooding and COVID-19 which affected the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. This video discusses what could have been done to reduce the impacts of these threats.

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Source: World Health Organisation)

 The first known case of COVID-19 was identified in WuhanChina, in December 2019. The disease has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic. (Source: Wikipedia)

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