To slow the spread of COVID-19, European governments have adopted stringent containment measures. These have led to a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous support to help companies cope with the immediate consequences. The basic approach has been to provide generous and indiscriminate emergency support to help cash-strapped firms meet their immediate liquidity needs. But as lockdown measures continue and the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy for the future needs to be designed.
This brief provides an overview of existing economic instruments and other measures that can be used to help governments reduce waste and incentivise reuse and recycling in line with the waste hierarchy.
World Wildlife Fund and their partners have authored a paper that contains a set of recommended criteria for assessing the quality of carbon credits
The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) Expert Group on Natural Capital has released the working paper, Practical Policy Use Cases for Natural Capital Information: A review of evidence for the policy relevance and impact of natural capital information. The paper outlines how natural capital approaches have been used in policymaking processes through a systematic review of 340 natural capital case studies.
The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) Expert Group on Natural Capital has released the working paper, Natural Capital Platforms and Tools for Green Growth Planning. The paper presents findings from an assessment of 28 platforms and tools and provides a useful tool for policymakers and practitioners to narrow down the choice of platforms and tools best suited to the objectives of their inquiry.