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ECA partners ODI and ACET to research into how AfCFTA will promote post COVID-19 economic recovery
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to assist member states to develop their national African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation strategy with an environmental bias in anticipation of
Thailand: COVID-19 delays tax reform plans
Thailand’s economy is currently at its weakest since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This has led the Thai government to put on hold its plans to undertake major reforms of
UNGA Dialogue Highlights Land Restoration as Urgent Requirement for Sustainable Development
A high-level dialogue on DLDD aimed to establish land restoration as a central priority ahead of upcoming COPs on climate, land and biodiversity. The discussion highlighted healthy land as the
Reports
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2019 (WB)
The World Bank recently published their yearly report presenting the latest developments in carbon pricing around the world. Every year the impacts of climate change feel more immediate and daunting,
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019 (UN/DESA)
Attached is the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019, which was launched in New York on 21 May 2019. This updates
Global Climate Finance: An Updated View 2018 (CPI)
Climate finance continues to be the central issue in how the global community proposes to follow through with implementation of the Paris Agreement. Since 2012, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has sought
