International Recovery Platform

UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced the series of policy briefs Articulating social and environmental policy for post-COVID-19 recovery.

This document describes the opportunities to integrate five key high opportunity

This brief focuses on recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, and the challenges therein, weighing the COVID-19 crisis against past recovery efforts, and offers policy guidance to shape the recovery pathway that will lead the region to a more resilient “new normal”.

This brief highlights the challenges, lessons learned from past disaster recovery events, and recommendations on how countries can start preparing for a recovery that is climate-sensitive, inclusive and contributes to global efforts to build more resilient systems that are better placed to prevent such crises in the future.