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Displaying 13 of about 13 resultsThis strategy report offers a policy-focused analysis of the world we will face once the pandemic has passed. At a time when all assumptions about the shape of Australian society and the broader global order are being challenged, there is a need to take stock of likely future directions.
The report analyses 26 key topics, countries and themes, ranging…
Summary
While the COVID-19 pandemic has massively disrupted lives and livelihoods, it also provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a safer, more resilient world able to adapt to the threat of climate change and other perils. Within COVID-19 recovery and economic stimulus packages there will be opportunities to address multiple risks, inclu…
KOBE – The Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE) is a network of private sector entities working in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) to substantially reduce disaster mortality based on risk-informed investments and resilient capital assets. Thus, all ARISE member companies as…
Rangu Debi, 70, lives on Monpura, an isolated island of Bhola district in Bangladesh, surrounded by Meghna River. A widow with six children, she has seen many cyclones and floods in her lifetime, some of them catastrophic. Fifty years ago, Cyclone Bhola’s flood waters took everything from her, including one of her daughters. Since then she has been livi…
The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded an unprecedented global response. With every nation experiencing the social and economic shock comes the stark realisation that we must adopt new and better ways to deal with global crises, including the climate emergency. It has highlighted that long-term complex challenges and short-term crises demand a new response…
UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced the series of policy briefs Articulating social and environmental policy for post-COVID-19 recovery.
This document describes the opportunities to integrate five key high opportunity areas, with the capacity to generate substantial economic growth and millions of decent jobs (pp. 2-5):…
By Louise Cord and Margaret Arnold
Since the 1970s, social scientists have been stressing that there’s nothing natural about natural disasters. The foundational work of many scholars and practitioners, such as Phil O’Keefe and Anders Wijkman, explain how natural phenomena or hazards can trigger disasters when they coi…
“The global coronavirus pandemic, which has already caused unimaginable devastation and hardship, has brought our way of life to an almost complete halt. The outbreak will have profound and lasting economic and social consequences in every corner of the globe,” says United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Inger…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought concerns about resilience to the fore in an unprecedented way. The pandemic has laid bare the vulnerability of health systems and economies, substantiating concerns about resilience more broadly to external shocks. Given the immense losses that could be avoided by delivering resilience, policymakers aim to prioritise re…
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Asia is conducting this webinar to discuss best practices to accelerate sustainable and green recovery including opportunities for local resilience actions that support national climate commitments and long-term climate strategies especially in South Asian cities as well as ways to strengthe…
By Dr Buddika Kapuarachchi
Getting back on track
The world is struggling to get back on track after the severe effects of COVID-19. Almost 10 months down the line, most countries are still grappling with managing the spread of the disease while the rest, like Sri Lanka, are dealing with the grave economic and social consequences that the pandemic brou…
United Nations Environment Programme's Joyce Msuya is featured in this video airing on France 24 on COVID-19 recovery in Africa, talking about the importance of building back better after Coronavirus.
More information: https://www.unenvironment.org/covid-19-updates
Resilient infrastructure protects people during disasters and enables communities to recover quickly in the immediate aftermath of a crisis.
Two examples from Vanuatu during and after Tropical Cyclone Harold – a Category 5 storm – illustrate the point powerfully.
During the devastating storm, the two classrooms of Balon School on the island of Santo…