The Inequalities-Environment Nexus: Towards a people-centred green transition

The COVID-19 crisis has heightened the need to address societal and environmental challenges hand-in-hand. As countries are confronting the economic and social consequences of COVID-19, they are also racing against the clock to avoid an environmental emergency. At the 2020 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, member countries agreed to step up their efforts on a green transition. They also recognised that inequalities and environmental challenges are closely linked, and that people’s well-being needs to be put at the centre of the immediate recovery as well as medium-term efforts to build back better.

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