WWF and OECD have joined forces to organise three high-level dialogues aimed at informing the development of build better, greener and more resilient post-COVID-19 societies.
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, impacting lives and livelihoods and exposing how fragile our countries and systems are to major shocks. The necessary measures taken by many governments to deal with the health crisis have saved lives, but also affected our economies.
As the first wave of the pandemic recedes in some countries, many governments are pushing forward with recovery and stimulus measures that are unprecedented in scale. There are growing calls from governments, business and civil society to ensure that these measures support a sustainable and resilient future but few examples of where this is happening in practice. There is widespread recognition that the world should not return to business as usual.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, it is more imperative than ever to change our relationship with nature and our impacts on the climate, biodiversity and improve access to clean water and sanitation.