COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises

Name: COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises
Start: 2020-08-09T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2020-08-09T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Zoom

August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free

Join IIED on Wednesday, 9 September for an online discussion on how debt relief can be addressed through climate and nature programme swaps.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, urgent debt relief is needed. For many developing countries, repayments mean that vast amounts of money are diverted away from action on the climate emergency and biodiversity loss as well as education, health and infrastructure. Millions more vulnerable people are being pushed into poverty.

This online event will bring together experts to discuss the use of debt for climate and nature programme swaps as a tool to address poverty, the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.

What are the opportunities and challenges of such an approach? What role can creditors from multilateral organisations and bilateral governments, and debtor governments play? And to what extent can such an approach support a sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery?

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Date:: August 9, 2020
Time:: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Classes + Workshops
Event Tags:: COVID-19
Website:: https://www.iied.org/

Organizer

: IIED
Phone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399
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Venue

: Zoom

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