The Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), a philanthropic collaboration active in over 50 countries, has identified six high-impact opportunities that can reduce emissions, increase job creation, and enhance economic output through the inclusion of efficient, climate-friendly cooling in stimulus packages.
Stimulus efforts to recover from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic should aim to accelerate progress in implementing distributed energy resources (DER) solutions and provide other significant benefits.
The COVID-19 crisis has had a massive impact on economies across the world, with several governments now seeking to design recovery programs. Ideally such programs should not only support recovery from recession but help achieve greener and more sustainable economies for the future. This report recommends that China’s green recovery package combine four key actions.
As part of UNDP's global effort to support countries design effective strategies and programs to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, UNDP Philippines conducted a rapid response survey for MSMEs to capture the experiences, behavior, and perceptions of the MSMEs as they cope, respond, and adapt to the supply shocks in the value chain due to the enhanced community quarantine.
This report outlines RMI’s recommendations for four key programs that US policymakers can use to jumpstart the economy, address equity, and advance a low- or zero-carbon future for the United States.