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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Beyond geopolitics: what are challenges in making our world more sustainable? | World Economic Forum
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