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As more COVID-19 recovery measures emerge and rhetoric about the need to build forward better grows louder in the policy space, instruments to assess the scope, scale and quality of concrete “green” measures are only emerging. This first briefing features a spotlight on monitoring hubs that have been set up, including the Energy Policy Tracker, Green Stimulus Index, IMF Policy Tracker, OECD Country Policy Tracker, Carbon Brief green recovery measures tracker, and the World Bank's COVID-19 data hub.

This brief looks at how governments, multilateral organisations, academia, and other actors at the national and international level reconsider how people live, work, and travel in and around cities – during and after the pandemic. It compiles the latest “green” stimulus measures and propositions on what a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could look like.

This brief looks at the efforts by governments, multilateral organisations, academia, civil society, and other actors at the national and international level to responsibly restart tourism and adapt to a new reality during and after the COVID-19 crisis. It compiles the latest “green” stimulus measures and propositions on what a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from the pandemic could look like.

This brief looks at COVID-19 responses related to NDC updating and LTS development. It further compiles the latest “green” stimulus measures and propositions by governments, multilateral organisations, academia, civil society, and other actors at the national and international level on what a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient recovery from the pandemic could look like.

This desktop research reflects how COVID-19 is influencing people’s lives and lifestyles around the world, and in turn how “COVID lifestyles” affect and will affect the environment. It aims to understand, address, and eventually influence the lifestyles areas which have the greatest impacts on the planet. 

This research has been carried out through the Anatomy of Action framework which identified impactful actions people can take (15 key actions in 5 domains - food, stuff, move, money, fun). Though most available sources reflect developed country contexts, they remain relevant as the growing urban middle class throughout the world aspire to similar lifestyles. These aspirations also affect (‘set the bar’) for lower class consumption and emerging economies, reinforcing increasing consumption patterns.