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In a new report, Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, the United Nations Secretary-General calls on everyone to act together to address this impact and lessen the blow to people.

The world is facing an unprecedented test.  And this is the moment of truth.

Hundreds of thousands of people are falling seriously ill from COVID-19, and the disease is spreading exponentially in many places,

Societies are in turmoil and economies are in a nose-dive.

The International Monetary Fund has reassessed...

"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.