A Green and Resilient Recovery for Latin America

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Author(s)
Mena-Carrasco, M. & Dufey, A.
Publication language
English
Pages
35pp
Date published
14 Jan 2021
Publisher
Global Center on Adaptation
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Multi-sector/cross-sector, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Environment & climate, Innovation, Recovery and Resillience, Response and recovery, Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG)
Organisations
Government of Mexico
Link
https://gca.org/reports/a-green-and-resilient-recovery-for-latin-america/

The COVID-19 crisis is a warning to us all: we must heal nature in order to heal ourselves. As governments around the world prepare massive stimulus packages to repair the damage of COVID-19 shutdowns, they should be harnessing this opportunity to build stronger, more resilient societies. To carry on as before would be a colossal and costly mistake. We are at a critical juncture. We can continue operating within a fundamental untenable and unequal system or we can seize this moment to transform it.

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Global Center on Adaptation