Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery

The Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery argues that current recovery policies are failing by supporting fossil fuels and entrenching inequality. It calls for a mass movement of informed citizens to hold power to account and demands specific transformative measures, including a dedicated green recovery finance package for the global south, the end of fossil fuel subsidies, and the implementation of inclusive governance through citizen assemblies.

• The authors assert that current COVID-19 recovery policies are counterproductive, as they support fossil fuel industries, increase inequality, and contribute to the destruction of nature.
• The document claims that COP26 failed to address the urgent crisis, leaving the world on a trajectory for warming exceeding 2 degrees Celsius, which threatens millions with poverty, conflict, and starvation.
• The signatories commit to forming a global civil society movement to increase green recovery ambitions, hold governments and businesses accountable, and amplify the voices of marginalized groups, including women, youth, and indigenous people.
• The declaration demands five specific structural measures: a green recovery finance package for the global south (additional to existing climate finance), investment in green jobs and infrastructure, the use of citizen assemblies and juries in governance, the cessation of fossil fuel investment and subsidies, and the creation of a just social contract.

APA

Green Economy Coalition (2021). Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/declaration-on-a-green-covid-19-recovery

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery. 2021. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/declaration-on-a-green-covid-19-recovery.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Green Economy Coalition |title=Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery |date=21 December 2021 |url=https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/declaration-on-a-green-covid-19-recovery |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{greeneconomycoalition2021declaration, author = {{Green Economy Coalition}}, title = {{Declaration on a Green COVID-19 Recovery}}, publisher = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/declaration-on-a-green-covid-19-recovery}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }