Solar pumps, migrant homes help shield post-coronavirus world

(Reuters, 2 Jun 2020) Building climate resilience and lifting living standards of vulnerable communities can help protect against future shock.

As countries look to revive their economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, strengthening climate defences and raising the living standards of vulnerable communities can generate jobs and help guard against future shocks, development experts said.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has forecast that nearly half the global workforce is at risk of losing its livelihood because of the health crisis, with younger workers disproportionately affected.

In Thailand, a project to upgrade irrigation systems in the drought-prone northeast is employing workers who have lost their jobs, providing a blueprint for recovery, said the head of non-profit Royal Initiative Discovery Foundation.

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Reuters, 2 Jun 2020: Solar pumps, migrant homes help shield post-coronavirus world