Green Recovery Initiatives | ADB COVID-19 Policy Database

Safer, greener travel: government investment in transport tech to accelerate the road to a green recovery

Department for Transport

11 Feb 2021

United Kingdom

Green and Blue Finance Sustainable Transport and Mobility

Commission welcomes European Parliament's approval of Recovery and Resilience Facility

European Commission

10 Feb 2021

European Union

Policy and Regulatory Reforms Green Businesses and Jobs Green and Blue Finance

£40 million government funding to help polluting businesses clean up

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

07 Feb 2021

United Kingdom

Green and Blue Finance Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations Clean Energy

China's pursuit of green recovery paves way for carbon-neutral pledge

Xinhuanet

06 Feb 2021

People's Republic of China

Green Businesses and Jobs Green and Blue Finance Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations Clean Energy

£11 million boost for energy entrepreneurs to turn green dreams into reality

Department for Transport

04 Feb 2021

United Kingdom

Green and Blue Finance Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations Clean Energy

Budget to support net-zero transformation

Scottish Government

01 Feb 2021

United Kingdom

Green Businesses and Jobs Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations

£84 million boost for technology to power a green aviation revolution

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

27 Jan 2021

United Kingdom

Green Businesses and Jobs Green and Blue Finance Sustainable Transport and Mobility

Solar power charges pandemic recovery for indigenous farmers in Viet Nam

United Nations Environment Program

22 Jan 2021

Philippines

Green Businesses and Jobs Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations Clean Energy

Micro, small and medium enterprises bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

United Nations Development Program

21 Jan 2021

Indonesia

Green Businesses and Jobs Green Value Chains

Budget 2021 funding for the Departments of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and Transport reflects government ambition for a green, jobs-led recovery

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications; Department of Transport

19 Jan 2021

Ireland

Green and Low Carbon Technologies and Innovations Sustainable Transport and Mobility

References

How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change
In this brief, four questions are addressed from the perspective of livestock systems.
Green versus brown: Comparing the employment impacts of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fossil fuels using an input-output model
Each $1 million shifted from brown to green energy will create a net increase of 5 jobs.
Build Forward Better Brief - Green Recovery Tracking Tools
This brief reviews and analyses 13 different Green Recovery “tracking” tools towards building a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable world.
The future of nature and business
Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create 400 million jobs and $10 trillion in business value each year by 2030.
ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2019
The volume of green bond and loan issuance globally in 2019 increased by over 50% from 2018 showing a strong investor and issuer interest.
Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia
This brief outlines how Southeast Asia can focus on green growth to successfully and sustainably recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Green Strings: Principles and conditions for a green recovery from COVID-19 in Canada
“Green strings” are key principles, criteria, and conditionalities that are critical to apply to ongoing economic stimulus and recovery efforts.
Maldives Development Update: In Stormy Seas
The report presents the impact of COVID-19 in Maldives, examines the economic and policy issues and provides an analysis of devel
Green Finance Strategies for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia: Greening Recoveries for Planet and People
Innovative finance mechanisms plays a key role in catalyzing funds from private capital for a green and sustainable regional recovery.
Whatever it takes to save the planet? Central banks and unconventional green policy
An analytical framework was developed to study the economic and environmental effects of “green quantitative easing".
Nature Hires: How nature-based solutions can power a green jobs recovery
This report offers examples of NbS successfully deployed around the world and how they support a sustainable response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Green Recovery for Practitioners: Setting the Course Towards a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Transformation
This paper provides a practical framework for economic advisors who seek to support sustainable and resilient recoveries for the ministries they wo
Jobs in green and healthy transport: Making the green shift
Analysis suggested that employment opportunities would indeed be opened up by a transition to green and healthy transport in the ECE region.
Plastics, the circular economy and Europe's environment - A priority for action
This report introduces the wide family of plastics and explores the main challenges involved in transitioning towards a circular plastics economy.<
Low carbon jobs: The evidence for net job creation from policy support for energy efficiency and renewable energy
Renewable energy can generate more jobs in the middle of a recession and requires less labor for operation and maintenance in the long run.