This report aims to make the case for channelling emergency international financial flows into the agriculture sector in developing countries, highlighting that the rural population is especially vulnerable to the economic consequences of COVID-19 and failing to protect the industry could trigger a food crisis.
This report is part of a series looking at climate change and biodiversity considerations in economic responses to COVID-19.
Rebuilding G20 economies after the COVID-19 pandemic requires rethinking what type of economy we need and want in the future.
This study comprises intensive data collection, including mapping and on-ground assessment of mangrove resources, detailed household surveys on how community members use mangroves and what incomes they receive, accumulation of knowledge of costs for restoration, and management activities by governments and non-government organizations.
Fiscal policy across the globe is rightly focused on fighting the COVID-19-induced economic crisis. But the climate change crisis remains, as does the need for decisive policy action to address it. Indeed, decisions taken now to address the COVID-19 crisis may shape the climate, and human health, for decades. This note calls for fiscal policymakers to “green” their response to this crisis to prevent one crisis leading to another. Public support for such measures may be higher after the COVID-19 crisis.