Sustainable Futures

Schlagwort: Covid-19

  • UN reform and the COVID-19 pandemic – what role for the UN to better serve the world?

    Photo: Construction Site, as a symbol for “UN reform and the COVID-19 pandemic”
    By Artodidact on Pixabay

    The Covid-19 pandemic not only threatens to undo development gains and reverse progress in achieving the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda. It also presents an early and serious test for the reform of the UN development system (UNDS), where major reform decisions were taken in 2018 to reposition the UNDS for improved, integrated and strategic support in line with the 2030 Agenda’s interlinked nature.

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  • Lessons for Global Cooperation from the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Image: Numbers on a table of a stockmarket
    Picture by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay

    The COVID-19 (or coronavirus) disease has led to a major pandemic that has spread to virtually all countries of the world. Although at the time of writing the epidemic has mainly hit South East Asian and Western countries (see Figure below), it is likely that Developing Countries (DCs) will also be heavily affected in the weeks to come. (mehr …)