8-October-2020
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The economic repercussions are stark. Global GDP will decline by 4.5% this year, and while we estimate that the global economy will pick up by an average rate of around 5% in 2021, many OECD countries will not return to their pre-crisis growth rates until the end of 2021 or in 2022.
6-October-2020
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This year’s Forum inevitably focuses on perspectives for green finance and investment in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. The pandemic has triggered a health and economic crisis of a magnitude never seen before.
2-October-2020
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We are in the midst of an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis. Before COVID-19, we expected world GDP growth to be 2.9% in 2020, now we project it to fall by 4.5%. The decline would have been much larger without the strong and effective policy support introduced by many economies.
1-October-2020
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The world is in the grip of the worst health, social and economic crisis of our lifetime. It is costing many lives and threatening the stability of our democracies, our economies and our societies, with developing countries likely to be hit the hardest.
30-September-2020
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We need to stem habitat loss from agriculture, logging and economic development and restore degraded ecosystems. We need to drastically reduce the pollution that is devastating our oceans, to curb the illegal wildlife trade and to stop the over-exploitation of natural resources
30-September-2020
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Established during the 2019 G7 Summit and under the aegis of the French President Emmanuel Macron, the alliance has expanded to forty multinationals whose CEOs signed the “Pledge to Fight Against Inequalities” with commitments to: (1) advance human rights; (2) build inclusive workplaces; and (3) strengthen inclusion in value chains and business ecosystems.
29-September-2020
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Global output plummeted in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, and, despite a partial recovery in the second half, we expect global GDP to fall by 4.5% this year as a whole. This is putting at risk our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
28-September-2020
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COVID-19 is closely linked to an unprecedented biodiversity loss. We have altered three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial surface and two-thirds of the marine environment. Ecosystem destruction and wildlife exploitation are key drivers of zoonotic diseases in humans. And around USD 44 trillion of global value added depends on nature today.
28-September-2020
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We are living in uncertain times. The Interim Economic Outlook, which we released only 10 days ago, projects global GDP to fall by 4.5% this year, before picking up to 5% in 2021. However, output in many countries will still be below the pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021, and well below what was projected prior to the pandemic.
28-September-2020
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Not only does unpaid care work stigmatise the role of women, it remains a driver of disadvantages for women in the labour market. Currently, 606 million women cannot join the labour market because of their unpaid care responsibilities.