IGES Key Messages on “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific” Prepared for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF)

IGES Key Messages on “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific” Prepared for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) July 6-15, 2021 The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has developed the following key messages to share at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF 2021). [...] Economic recovery packages should support clean energy transitions and the redesign of unsustainable infrastructure and socioeconomic systems in the face of these crises (Mori et al., 2020; Zusman et al., 2020) ● Redesigning these systems is critical to avoid locking in fossil fuel production and energy-intensive infrastructure (Unruh, 2000, 2002). [...] Other SDGs and Cross-Cutting Themes ● The concept of regional circulating and ecological spheres (R-CES)—a development model premised on integrating low-carbon, resource sufficiency, and societies living in harmony with nature—is helping localise the SDGs in Japan (Takeuchi et al., 2019). [...] (2021) Integrating Clean Air, Climate, and Health Policies in the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Co-benefits and the Triple R Framework. [...] (2021) ‘Impacts and implications of the COVID-19 crisis and its recovery for achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Asia: A review from an SDG interlinkage perspective’, in Ramanathan, A.