Beyond geopolitics: what are challenges in making our world more sustainable?

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges we face in building a better, more inclusive world for everyone. “Conflict, insecurity, weak institutions and limited access to justice remain threats to sustainable development,” among many others, says the UN SDG Progress Report 2020.

These challenges have crystallized in recent months. As several World Economic Forum experts and partners explained, “the rise in populism and ‘country first’ politics have threatened the spirit of international co-operation and the workings of the multilateral institutions,” which are sorely needed right now to work together to overcome the crises. “This left the international community at a significant disadvantage as it faced the COVID-19 pandemic,” they continued. Around the world, journalists are persecuted and even killed trying to get to the truth. Even the wealthiest nations aren’t immune: systemic racism is embedded in police departments, medicine, even housing and financial policy in the United States, says the IMF, a sign of decades of injustice towards Black and African American communities across the country.

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on all economies, societies and people, we’re physically separated, with people staying in their homes, meetings and travel all but halted – and the world’s most vulnerable are falling through the cracks.

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