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"The industrial sector is highly affected by the crisis and needs to be part of the response to solve extraordinary levels of unemployment and recession," says UNIDO Director General LI Yong. The UNIDO response to the COVID-19 crisis has three phases: 1) response to the health emergency; 2) provide advice on how to mitigate the impact of the disruption of productive activities and on reactivating production and supply chains; 3) provide development support to Member States in the recovery phase.

The third Call for Research Proposals on Assessing the effectiveness and impact of central bank and supervisory policies in greening the financial system has been extended due to the COVID-19 and ends at 23:59GMT on 1 May 2020

The public consultation of the draft Biodiversity Guidance is open until 1st May 2020.

GWNET 2020 is calling for applications for mentees in its mentoring programme for women in the energy sector.

The African continent is adopting an environmental accounting software programme, COPERNICEA. This accounting tool will enable all African countries to be part of the biodiversity agenda.

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a €750 billion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) in response to COVID-19.

The State Minister for Environment of Uganda, Beatrice Anywar, addressed more than 300 African entrepreneurs and policymakers gathered in February 2020 at the Switch Africa Green regional forum to discuss how to advance the green economy in Africa.

South Korea, the world’s seventh-largest carbon emitter, is home to energy-intensive industries such as automotives and steel. Its ruling political party wants to end the nation’s contribution to climate change.

Asian Development Bank Institute invites unpublished, high quality empirical or theoretical research papers addressing themes on emissions reduction policies for possible inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Management by May 24, 2020.

The 7th annual conference of the French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (FAERE) is calling for papers on environmental economics. The deadline for submission is 17 April 2020.