Reference: UNE-2021-00340
18 March 2021
Dear Mr/Madam Speaker,
We are pleased to inform you that the IPU and
the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have
recently released a joint publication entitled ‘
Green approaches to COVID-19 recovery: Policy note for
parliamentarians’.
This publication is currently available in English, French and Russian. All language versions
can be found attached to this letter and are available at:
https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/other/2020-12/green-approaches-covid-19-recovery-policy-note-
parliamentarians
and
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/green-approaches-covid-19-recovery-policy-
note-parliamentarians.
We kindly request that you share this policy note with interested parliamentarians and parliamentary staff that
may benefit from its insights.
This policy note highlights key approaches that parliamentarians can take to promote a sustainable and green
recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares corresponding best practices at the national and
regional levels. We encourage parliaments to promote their examples of best practices in this area through
the IPU and UNEP to further foster the sharing of lessons learned. These examples can be sent to
This policy note forms part of a larger cooperation between the IPU and UNEP who have a Memorandum of
Understanding which enables our two organizations to better support parliaments in promoting sustainable
development and climate change action, including by ensuring COVID-19 responses are aligned with
environmental and development objectives.
As part of this cooperation, the IPU and UNEP are inviting Expressions of Interest from parliaments who would
like to receive technical support in their efforts to promote a green recovery to the pandemic, in line with the
key action areas of our joint policy note. This assistance would be provided to a selected number of
parliaments and would aim to build their capacity to formulate and review legislation and budgets and provide
effective oversight in a manner that supports a more resilient, sustainable recovery. Examples of support
activities may include, but are not limited to, national and/or regional workshops and global knowledge-
sharing events.
If your parliament is interested in benefiting from this assistance, please inform us through
by 16
April
2021.
Yours sincerely,
Martin Chungong
IPU Secretary General
Inger Andersen
UNEP Executive Director
To Speakers of Parliament