Welcoming the publication this week of the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan for 2021-25, Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham... Read more
sustainable recovery
The G7 countries should collectively invest about $1 trillion each year over the next decade to ensure their economies recover fully from the COVID-19 pandemic and to make the transition to sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth, according to a new report that was requested by the UK Prime Minister ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in June 2021. Read more
The world is currently facing two crises of potentially immense proportions: COVID-19 and climate change. The response to both must be global, urgent and on great scale, argue the authors of this paper, as they outline the need for a sustainable recovery, and also the importance of China's role. Read more
Just as unbridled climate change will do serious damage to the economy and its workers, so too will failure to improve human-capital management and safeguard workers’ wellbeing. That is why both climate action and social protections must be embedded in COVID-19 recovery strategies, argue Naïm Abou-Jaoudé and Nick Robins. Read more
The UK has a unique opportunity to ‘rebuild to last’ after COVID-19 and design an inclusive, resilient and sustainable growth strategy that builds off the Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update, argue James Rydge and Dimitri Zenghelis. Read more
The five key areas in which investment is essential to ensure a post-pandemic recovery that “builds back better”, have been... Read more
This briefing paper sets out the key areas where strong economic policies and institutions will be needed to foster investment for the post-COVID-19 recovery, building on discussions in the Royal Economic Society's webinar series chaired by Professor Lord Stern. Read more
Allianz CIO Günther Thallinger and LSE’s Nick Robins on how to “recover better” from the crisis Read more
