| Title |
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have impeded progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals |
| ID_Doc |
72920 |
| Authors |
Li, C; Deng, ZC; Wang, Z; Hu, YC; Wang, L; Yu, SX; Li, W; Shi, ZH; Bryan, BA |
| Title |
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have impeded progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 1 |
| DOI |
10.1038/s43247-023-00914-2 |
| Abstract |
Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced overall progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 8.2% between 2020 and 2023, according to an analysis of global and national SDG scores based on the global adaptive multi-regional input-output model. COVID-19 pandemic responses have brought unprecedented challenges to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a quantitative, multi-dimensional assessment of the impacts of these responses on SDG progress is required. Here, we use an adaptive multi-regional input-output model to quantitatively assess the impact of pandemic responses on global and national SDG progress and show that COVID-19 pandemic responses reduced overall progress towards the SDGs by 8.2%, with socio-economic sustainability declining by 18.1% while environmental sustainability improved by 5.1% compared with the business-as-usual trend. Developing countries suffered greater reductions in overall sustainability (9.7%) than developed countries (7.1%). Under all post-pandemic futures, pandemic responses were found to impede overall progress towards the SDGs and worsened inequality between countries, particularly for socio-economic targets. A post-pandemic strategy toward the SDGs requires sustainable pandemic responses which not only address inequality among countries but also lessen the trade-offs between SDGs. |
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| Index Keywords |
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| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001027104900001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geology; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| PDF |
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00914-2.pdf
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