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An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
Insight, 26 November 2020
A close-up photo of a row of Dove soap bottles, focusing on the first bottle with others in a column behind.
Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its sustainability?
… The evidence that the world is facing a triple crisis of COVID-19, climate change and nature loss has continued to grow through … back better’ and using COVID-19 related stimulus packages to support green and ‘just’ transitions to more sustainable, low carbon economies. … nearly US$100 billion and the United States' $1.9 trillion economic recovery package. Even the G20 finance ministers agreed in Venice in …
Insight, 08 September 2021
A woman carries jerrycans and tree men behind her wear masks and red vests with a red cross in the back
Applying the lessons of COVID-19 to the climate crisis
… of convergence in GNP per capita. We are seeing a two-track economic recovery with developed economies due to return to pre-pandemic levels … action. Debt burdens on poorer countries could put a brake on green transitions. Cultural shifts may impact climate action The … this encourage more investment in breakthrough climate technologies? COVID-19 established a precedent for rapid and deep behaviour change, …
Insight, 23 February 2022
Woman bends over a seedbed.
IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference
… from local to global Storymap: Ecosystem-based adaptation and green recovery: building back better from COVID-19 Blogs Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global … IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference …
Event, 05 July 2022
Two women sewing face masks
Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19
Insight, 18 May 2020
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… When the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt in early 2020, people … alternative future of food As the world looks towards post-COVID-19 recovery, these Indigenous communities share important lessons about … for all. But the summit has been co-opted by corporate and green revolution agendas, pushing a belief that we can engineer …
Insight, 26 August 2021
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
… across the world are hit particularly hard. The rapid spread of COVID-19 to almost every nation brings the recognition that we need to … that comes from it.   The path to a ‘new normal’ must be clean and green . Since the COVID-19 lockdown and the closing of polluting … if we wish to do so. When we begin to move towards post-COVID recovery, the challenge will be to get back the qualities of life we had …
Insight, 22 April 2020
A woman with a basket on her back picks tea leaves from a huge field surrounding her
Stockholm+50 must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate
… global biodiversity framework, and encourage the adoption of green post-COVID-19 recovery plans. To coincide with Stockholm+50, IIED has issued a new … Climate change … must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate …
Insight, 27 May 2022
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
Insight, 12 April 2021