The disruption from COVID-19 has sent a shock through global markets and resulted in a decline in global energy investment in 2020. Yet unlike the global financial crisis of 2008, the challenging environment today encapsulates both a financial and a health crisis with links to biodiversity destruction and climate change.
This paper provides a guide to utilizing low-carbon pathways, supply chain circularity and resilient business models to meet climate change goals while improving economic competitiveness. The intended outcomes are climate-resilient systems in developing countries achieved through implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in all sectors. The intent is to inform policies and roadmaps and highlight best practice cases for countries to more quickly get back on their feet, shift to sustainable patterns and "build back better".