Diego Gonzaga, a content editor for Greenpeace International based in San Francisco, US writes about how covid has already reached the indigenous population of the Amazon in Brazil that are also suffering from the negative consequences of fires smoke induced by illegal loggers.

"In unison with the UN family, while addressing the COVID-19 crisis, UN Climate Change continues its important work. Climate change and COVID-19 are not the same, but what is, is the concept of humanity working towards a common goal for the benefit of all people" says Patricia Espinosa of Mexico, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus.

Prominent women leaders to advocate for a global effort to fight covid 19