SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 28 2020 (IPS) – With uneven progress in containing contagion, worsened by the breakdown in multilateral cooperation due to mounting US-China tensions, recovery from the Covid-19 recessions of the first half of 2020 is now .
Pandemic response measures
In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments, especially of (OECD) economies, have introduced massive fiscal and monetary packages for contagion containment, relief and recovery.
Anis Chowdhury
Such efforts represent a U-turn after long eschewing countercyclical fiscal policy, mostly for ideological reasons, such as dogmatic commitment to ‘budgetary balance’ and …
The following article is part of a series to commemorate World Environment Day June 5
Restoring natural habitats as pictured here in Cuba will help to slow down climate change. A new UN-backed study released May 27 says annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030, and increase four-fold by 2050, if the world is to successfully tackle the triple threat of climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises. Credit: UNDP
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 4 2021 (IPS) – The United Nations has been in the forefront of an ongoing battle against the growing hazards of climate change, including the destruction of different species of plants and animals, the dan…