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World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth
World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund launch High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth

APEC pushes for Covid-19 ‘green recovery’ amid concern
APEC members have placed an emphasis on sustainability and resilience in a meeting to discuss domestic reforms – but there is growing fear that the chance for a “green recovery” from Covid-19 is being missed

Masdar City drives global green recovery from COVID-19
Masdar City, the sustainable urban development in Abu Dhabi, is set to play a key role in the global green recovery from COVID-19 as it continues to add sustainability-focused innovation

World Bank Supports Jordan’s Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved on June 10, 2021 a US$500 million Program to catalyze public and private investment in Jordan for a green and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada is showing the world how carbon pricing should be done: Nobel-prize winning economist William Nordhaus
The Canadian government has proposed spending billions of dollars to fight climate change. Will it be enough?

Pacific islands make lonely case for carbon price on shipping
Pacific Islands called for a price on shipping pollution, tepid support from European nations

Sustainable Fisheries Versus Harmful Subsidies: Let’s End the War of Attrition
There is only one month left to fine-tune possible agreements for governments to stop funding overfishing

Safeguarding the 2030 Agenda by harmonizing climate action plans with green recovery
The world is still grappling with the profound economic, social, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These impacts offer a glimpse of what the land use and agriculture sectors

G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy
In spite of green rhetoric, money has piled into aviation and car industries since start of pandemic, report finds The nations that make up the G7 have pumped billions of dollars more