Interview with Pushpam Kumar, United Nations Environment Programme, Chief Environmental Economist. NAIROBI, Kenya, March 31, 2020,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Within weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, which has since spread around the globe. In addition to loss of lives, the virus has disrupted society and demobilized the global economy. Meanwhile, […]
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