Worldwide, millions of small business jobs have been lost because of the COVID-19 crisis.
There are two ways to respond to the COVID-19 crisis: economic revitalization that supports sustainability, or trading one crisis for another. Reigniting the economy, securing jobs and saving businesses requires solutions that avoid the false trade-off between environmental protection and economic activity. The COVID-19 crisis as seen by Benjamin Simmons, founding head of the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP).
This opinion paper discusses the likely effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on industry and the economy, which in the SSA context, has the potential of putting people’s lives at equal risk as contracting the virus. On this basis, the article develops policy recommendations that are likely to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in the short and medium term, and ensure the necessary continuation and reshaping of industrial businesses given the region’s poverty and dependence on foreign markets.
This study aims to assess the employment creation potential of RE technologies based on future power sector scenarios for three GGGI Member countries: Mexico, Indonesia, and Rwanda. This report presents the results for Indonesia only.
This report provides an analysis of the vulnerability of individuals, households, and businesses engaged in the tourism sector in Bhutan. It also discusses several recommendations to consider when planning the response and recovery of the tourism-related job losses in view of the need for a robust ‘exit strategy’ from the interventions currently in place.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an economic crisis in the United States. Tens of millions of people are out of work, one in three families with children cannot afford adequate food, and three million small businesses expect to close their doors permanently. This report proposes a path forward – with a bold economic renewal plan that would sustain jobs for more than 9 million people every year for the next 10 years while building an economy that fosters cleaner air and water, higher wages, healthier communities, greater equity, and a more stable climate.