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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented shock in all areas of human activity. Although the pandemic is not over and a wide range of its impacts has not yet unfolded, governments are required to act promptly to diminish its negative consequences.

This brief discloses several keystones of the short- and medium-run policy strategy to let the governments of the Southern Mediterranean countries[1] build back better (WRI, OECD, 2020) after the coronavirus crisis, keeping current environmental challenges insight.

This article is part of the CMI/FEMISE joint “COVID-19 Med Policy Brief Series”, aimed at addressing the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.