International Recovery Platform

This policy brief presents key insights from PLACARD for bridging CCA and DRR. We highlight three areas for action to improve cooperation, and provide recommendations for the European Green Deal. While these perspectives have originated in a European setting, they provide valuable insights across regional and national contexts to support efforts to build more resilient future societies as we adapt to extremes in a warming world.

Rather than recommend a single dominant option for pandemic response in Australia, the authors present and explain two options for the nation’s consideration – elimination or controlled adaptation. Any choice between these two options entails a delicate trade-off between protecting health, supporting the economy and societal well-being. This report also focusses on the impact of the virus and short term recovery.

Many nations across the Asia-Pacific have implemented guidelines for social distancing and introduced lockdowns to control coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, now many leaders face the question of how they will be able to relieve their