RT null T1 How Can COVID-19 Recovery Spending Slow Climate Change? A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 public expenditure K1 COVID-19 K1 climate change YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37002 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37002 NO UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2021 finds that greenhouse gases need to fall by close to 50% by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement are still insufficient. This factsheet looks at how low-carbon recoveries from COVID-19 can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026