Climate and development advocates who seek to reduce fossil fuel supply and promote sustainable economies must engage with state-owned oil companies, many of which are based in countries with high levels of poverty. They share five ideas for how to engage.

Before the coronavirus pandemic struck Ghana, the country’s economy was relatively strong, with growth forecast at around 5.8 percent in 2020. A month after the country’s first recorded coronavirus case, with both national and global restrictions put in place, the IMF revised this figure down to 1.5 percent.