The political leadership of the world’s most powerful, polluting states should seize the opportunity to act on their promises today, not only accelerating their action on climate, but seeing the value of the proposals in the UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda initiative.
The introduction of additional benefits in 2021 will be fundamental to protecting poor households in sub-Saharan Africa as they face a continuing COVID-19 crisis, slow vaccination campaigns, and generally low levels of social protection.
UNU research in the context of COVID-19 indicates that governments must shape social protection and small business support policies that protect informal workers from the consequences of the pandemic.
