14-September-2020
English
While emissions are expected to drop by around 8% this year due to lockdown measures, the IPCC says that they would need to continue to drop at around the same rate every year from now until 2030 in order to stand the best chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This gives you an idea of the sheer and urgent challenge we face.
10-September-2020
English
The pandemic is harming the health, social and material well-being of all children worldwide and the most vulnerable children are suffering the most. While saving lives is a priority during a pandemic, school closures, social distancing and confinement widen inequalities between children.
10-September-2020
English
Earlier this year, as the spread of Covid-19 turned rapidly into a global health emergency, countries across the G20 – and the world – were forced to implement deep and wide ranging measures to contain the pandemic. Large parts of the economy ground to a halt, triggering the deepest recession in peacetime.
9-September-2020
Spanish
Son tiempos muy difíciles para todos nuestros países miembros. La crisis del COVID-19 nos está planteando desafíos enormes en todas las áreas de las políticas públicas. También está poniendo en evidencia las enormes ventajas de la transformación digital y la gran importancia de la conectividad.
8-September-2020
English
Since then, a lot has changed. Europe has been thrown into a full-blown and unprecedented crisis, along with the rest of the world. Suddenly we are faced with a threat, which we do not fully comprehend, and the only way to tackle it has been to accept considerable restrictions to our daily lives and economic activity.
8-September-2020
English
People used to think that caring for our ocean was about saving some distant endangered species. But the speed and global reach of the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that humans are not infallible. The ocean crisis risks harming our ecosystems, our food supply, our very existence.
3-September-2020
English
COVID19 has triggered a health and economic crisis of a magnitude never seen before. Many economies have shrunk at an annualised rate of up to 20% in the second quarter of 2020. The hardest hit are expected to have declines of around 10% of GDP for the full year. Looking ahead, we expect a slow and halting recovery until an effective vaccine or treatment is found.
3-September-2020
English
This unprecedented challenge comes at a time when the multilateral system is strained and suffering a major trust deficit. We need to restore this trust. Trust in the governments and multilateral institutions that are supposed to defend their rights, as well as to protect them from the pandemic and its dire economic and social consequences.
1-September-2020
English
The COVID-19 crisis has transformed remote learning into a crucial element for continuing education. Home has become the learning place, while an internet connection is a lifeline for students.
31-August-2020
English
Corruption is a threat to inclusive growth, widens economic and social inequalities, impedes the effective delivery of public services and undermines the values of democracy. No one country nor sector is immune to corruption. It is by definition the way to perpetuate a privileged position, and it comes at the expense of those already greatly disadvantaged and most vulnerable.