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Governments have a significant role in creating and enabling environment for a capitals approach and safeguarding biodiversity. By facilitating a dialogue, governments from around the world can share best practices strengthening their enabling role. This paper explains what natural capital is, why it is relevant for biodiversity policy, and how it can help to achieve the global goal to be carbon neutral, nature positive and equitable.

This report by C40 Cities analysed and modelled what could happen if Canada's major cities collectively prioritised a green and just recovery consistent with limiting global heating to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. A recovery based on the principles of a Global Green New Deal would see COVID-19 stimulus funds channelled to expenditure in key areas, such as building retrofits, mass transit, walking and cycling infrastructure and clean energy.

A swift and bold response is needed to address the devastating impact of the climate, health and economic crises. African finance ministers have called for an injection of external assistance of $100 billion each year for the next three years to close the financing gap of more than $345 billion identified by the IMF. Finally, for climate, health, and the economy, one thing is clear: the entire international community must cooperate to reset and rebuild a stronger multilateral framework to respond to global crises and provide equitable, just and transparent processes and systems for the management and implementation of rapid, monitorable solutions.

This study analyses the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in countries of Asia and the Pacific, takes stock of action so far, and sets out a policy agenda for building back better grounded in regional cooperation and centered around four critical interconnected areas: broadening social protection, investing in a sustained recovery, strengthening connectivity and supply chains; and mending a broken relationship with nature.

This report explores the impacts of climate related events on electricity needs, whether decentralized solar solutions consider climate change in the lifecycle of the installation, and if not, then what factors need to be considered.