Hi Endashaw Workie ! It is true that the measures adopted worldwide to prevent the spread of the Corona virus have already had positive effects on the atmosphere. However, I wonder how long this situation will last when these containment measures are lifted. Thank you for contributing to the answer I was looking for.

Globalization as we know it, since the end of the cold war (1989/1990), will be buried by this global health crisis and the related collective paranoia.

Sustainability, in terms of global processes, needs macro-prudent monetary reform:

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They will speed up implementation and achievement.

Today the greatest threat on the planet Earth is the invasion by the tiny particle causing Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus usually experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special and very advanced treatment. Older people and those having medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. One of the best practices to stay safe from infection is by washing hands or using an alcohol based rub (sanitizer) frequently without touching the face.

The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it is important to practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).

COVID-19 is transmitted via airborne droplets. Therefore, reducing the effective population density in public meeting places is the basic rationale behind the quarantine strategy favored by most countries responding to the outbreak. But as more and more people live in crowded cities, it becomes harder to control a pathogen that takes days to manifest.

COVID-19 is expected to seriously scratch the world economic profile. The global economy could shrink by up to 1 per cent in 2020 due to the corona virus pandemic, a reversal from the previous forecast of 2.5 per cent growth. The analysis by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains and International trade (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/World-Economic-Forecasting-Model). The tourism sector is facing the worst crisis and the associated block like transportation has almost crashed.

The industries hardest hit by COVID-19, including commercial aerospace, travel, oil and gas, apparel/fashion/luxury and insurance, may get a slower recovery, though recovery may be quicker for domestic travel. The crisis has also amplified existing challenges or vulnerabilities in the aerospace and automotive industries, which is expected to affect their recovery rates.

Millions of workers all over the world are facing the bleak prospect of losing their jobs. Governments are considering and rolling out large stimulus packages to avert a sharp downturn of their economies which could potentially plunge the global economy into a deep recession as the packages are likely to be pumped from the monetary reservoir of the Nation to keep the existing socio-economic structure floating in the midst of the disaster.

The education sector is also oscillating pan world basis as the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis and maintaining absolute solidarity is a dream in educational institutions. Many countries have (rightly) decided to close schools, colleges and universities. The crisis crystallizes the dilemma between the policymakers who are facing the problem of closing schools (reducing contact and saving lives) and on the other hand keeping them open (allowing workers to work and maintain the economy). The severe short-term disruption is felt by many families around the world. Home schooling is not only a massive shock to parents’ productivity, but also to children’s social life and learning. Teaching is moving online, on an untested and unprecedented scale. Student assessments are also moving online, with a lot of trial and error and uncertainty for everyone. Many assessments have simply been cancelled. Importantly, these interruptions will not just be a short-term issue, but can also have long-term consequences for the affected cohorts and are likely to increase inequality.

At this time, there are no specific vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. However, there are many ongoing clinical trials evaluating potential treatments.

Fresh air is the best ventilator and can serve as a unique natural remedial measure. The testament to that is not from COVID-19, but from SARS. A relevant case study to support this statement is the outbreak of SARS during 2003 in Vietnam. It was observed that there were deaths and extensive transmission in hospital having closed air condition system. On contrary, in a hospital with spacious rooms, high ceilings, ceiling fans and large windows kept open for cross-ventilation, there were no cases of transmission [1]. There were other factors, but the evidence suggests the ventilation may have a key role in combating the situation. This is the bottom line story that emerged from the 2003 SARS outbreak in Vietnam. The virus spreads easily indoors, not just by coughing but through breathing and conversation and hence proper ventilation is important to get rid of the rapid transmission. “According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus spreads from person to person when people are within about 6 feet of each other" through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Thus if a person spends time in spacious room with open doors and windows, the breeze will likely to disperse it and the probability of infection will reduce [2]. Air conditioned rooms have high probability of transmission compared to open spacious rooms where there is sufficient ventilation. The moral coming out from this discussion is to stay inside with open windows and not to congregate so that the air can disperse the germ. However, it is necessary to check the air quality as poor quality of air with GHGs and SPM may give rise to several other health problems, which may aggravate the infection. On this background, a study was conducted to scan the air quality change during the lockdown phase of COVID-19 in the city of Kolkata (India) on 2nd April, 2020 and compare the same with the data of April, 2019, when the COVID -19 outbreak was not visualized. We monitored 12 sites in the city during both the survey periods (Table 1) and used atmospheric carbon dioxide level (in ppm) as proxy to air quality.

I don't know how the consequences of COVID19 on the world will affect the SDGs you mentioned, but I am sure they will soon be dwarfed by the consequences of climate change, because I believe that there will be no vaccine against global warming that will suddenly normalize the climate.

Thank you Mr. Stephen I. Ternyik for your answer and for sharing the poster!

Thank you Mr. Emmanuel V Murray ! You are very optimistic. Owing to the fact the post-crisis seems not for tomorrow and, the near future seems worrying, I am skeptical about the means.

Thank you Dr Abhijit Mitra for all the information you shared about COVID-19!

Dr Moritz von Cossel, I share your view! This is very likely because climate change is a reality which COVID-19 cannot limit the effects. On the contrary, the world risks losing the mitigation efforts made so far.

Les Objectifs de développement durable à l'heure du coronavirus

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Il partage l’action de l’ONU aux quatre coins du monde, à l’aide de plateformes numériques ou traditionnelles.26 mars 2020 — La pandémie de COVID-19 est une épreuve pour l’humanité. Mais elle lui donne aussi l’occasion de se montrer solidaire et de transformer cette crise en un élan planétaire pour atteindre les Objectifs de développement durable d’ici 2030.« Nous devons nous assurer que les leçons sont retenues et que cette crise représente un tournant décisif pour la préparation aux urgences sanitaires et pour l'investissement dans les services publics essentiels du XXIème siècle », a récemment plaidé le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres.« Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de perdre les acquis obtenus par le biais des investissements dans l'action humanitaire et des Objectifs de développement durable », a-t-il insisté mercredi en présentant un plan de réponse humanitaire mondial, destiné à combattre la maladie dans les pays les plus vulnérables. Une façon de rappeler que ces objectifs et la lutte contre le nouveau coronavirus sont intimement liés. https://www.un.org/fr/coronavirus-covid-19-fr/les-objectifs-de-d%C3%A9veloppement-durable-%C3%A0-l%E2%80%99heure-du-coronavirus

Very useful links, thank you for sharing Dr Ijaz Durrani

Merci Professeur Evens Emmanuel !

J'ai pris le soin de parcourir rapidement la publication des Nations-unies sur les ODD dans le contexte du COVID-19 que vous avez eu l'amabilité de partager avec moi. C'est en effet une opportunité pour le monde de se solidariser autour de la réponse aux ODD. Plus que jamais, la décennie (2020-2030) est décisive et devra marquer l'action.

L'action c'est à partir de maintenant ! Cependant, le monde, l'Occident qui regroupe les plus grands donateurs des Nations-unies, est à genoux, en train de concentrer toute son énergie pour se battre contre la pandémie. Ainsi, les ODD ne font pas partis des priorités de l’heure.

En ce sens, il est de bon ton que Mr. Guterres considère l'atteinte des ODD et la lutte contre le nouveau Corona virus comme intimement liés. Pourtant, si pour le premier objectif (ODD1), le Secrétaire appelle à ce que l'après-crise ne se fasse "sur le dos des plus pauvres" pour ne pas "créer une légion de nouveaux pauvres", il ne fait qu'encourager au respect des promesse pour l'objectif 13 (ODD13) en faisant référence à l'Accord de Paris sur les Changements Climatiques alors que pour tous les pays, les données ne seront plus les mêmes.

Probablement quelque chose de plus concret viendra dans les prochains mois pour ce qui concerne la lutte contre les effets des changements climatiques (ODD13). Comme l'a mentionné Dr Moritz von Cossel

dans sa réponse à ma question, les conséquences de COVID-19 sur le monde seront peu, comparés à ceux des changements climatiques, si on baisse les bras par rapport à la réponse, ajouterais-je.

La réalisation des ODD dépend des pays. Il y a des pays qui ont déjà réussi les ODD. Il y des pays qui sont loin de la réalisation.

Bien sûr la pandemie retardera la réalisation des ODD.

The post COVID-19 world would be affected negatively and no single country will remain economically fine. The countries, which are not self sufficient on their food production, those countries may highly suffering and negatively hit on achievement of SDGs specifically in # 1,2,3,8 and 13. People in developing countries will be most affected by hunger, malnutrition and poverty. To overcome the situation, national and international support should be focused on sustainable food production to make the countries self sufficient on food security with climate resilience agriculture system.

My personal view is that, in the short to medium term quite some chunk of the resources that could be available for investments to address SDGs will be allocated to addressing Covid-19 challenges. So it will cause a general slow pace of development. the impact in low income countries may largely be adversely huge.

I am not sure that institutions, elites and media of the influential part of the world (EU, USA etc.) will change their attitude about people, planet and sustainability.

So far I have seen only half-hearted commitments and and lot of rhetorics.

The response to the pandemics has already been quite in disarry, not well-coordinated (not even within the European Union where every single country is going its own way, more or less in a selfish nationalistic manner).

I don't know what is going on in many other countries.

But I believe that almost all are in tactical mode, to fend off the trouble, to maintain their power and to overcome the critical period in some way without a long-term strategic thinking about reducing human vulnerability all over the planet through a well-coordinated action.

There is a lot of blame game going on (particularly between USA and China), a lot of conspiracy theories; and certainly the Chinese government is busy in their own propaganda and "generosity" to deflect the blame of their initial cover-up in the first crucial 3/4 weeks when they could have realy saved the situation by being transparent and quick.

The WHO has helped the Chinese government to deflect their initial cover-up.

I don't think that the governments and elites and media all over the world have learnt any lesson from the past and present.

I believe that human beings are not worth the label of 'Homo Sapiens'; actually, the human beings are 'Homo Demens'.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-storm-lombardy-virus-disaster-lesson.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Please, read this.

We need to pay attention to climate change, de-carbonize, build our economies on clean-energy and promote renewable energy infrastructure. This is the time to raise the much-needed awareness to avoid future disruption.

The COVID-19 pandemic when it stops causing concern the way it is doing now globally will no doubt affect adversely SDGs #1, 2, 3, & 8 and the achievements of goals will be delayed. However, so far as SDG # 13 is concerned, which deals with climate action, I think it will get a boost in the post-COBID-19 scenario.

Ammcise Apply Covid 19 can have direct and huge consequences on SDG 3, 1, and 2, respectively while indirectly affect climate change. Since these goals (3,1 and 2) are intra-related than with climate change. on the other hand, as there is almost mute in industries and factories & very less movement of vehicles throughout the world, Covid 19 may come up with a moderate atmospheric situation.

SDGs will be affected because world production have been decreased and economy is at danger zone. If there is no production, no income then nothing can be done.

Dear Colleague,

I prefer to classify the consequences of Covid 19 into short-term and long-term consequences.

For objectives 1, 2, 3 and 8, there will be a humanitarian crisis at the start and the allocation of almost all objectives 1, 2 ......, 6 .... but we must also see that the covid calls us to live together for the well-being of all. It is therefore imperative that those responsible can see the future in a different way.

Daphnee Michel

Dear Colleague, I prefer to classify the consequences of Covid 19 into short-term and long-term consequences. For objectives 1, 2, 3 and 8, there will be a humanitarian crisis at the start and the allocation of almost all objectives 1, 2 ......, 6 .... but we must also see that the covid calls us to live together for the well-being of all. It is therefore imperative that those responsible can see the future in a different way.

Les ODD seront affectés à différents degrés et il faudra comparer les différents résultats.

Sur l'ODD santé par exemple, il est clair que les résultats sont catastrophiques.

Of course the effect is negative especially in developing countries. This is because many people will loose jobs, which are their tickets to decent work, livelihoods to fed themselves and their dependants with basic needs including food and good healthcare. Additionally, these countries are grappling with other challenges including unemployment, increased poverty and illiteracy, the invasion by pests such as locusts, tropical diseases such as malaria and floods/cyclones. The frequency of these accelerating factors have been worsened by climate change which is the most potent environmental challenge of modern day.

Plusieurs ODD ont pris du retard dans leurs applications.

I am totally agree Emmanuel Adugu , thank for replying.

Professor Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay thank you for answering. Would you please explain what will favor this boost?

Hi Endashaw Workie ! It is true that the measures adopted worldwide to prevent the spread of the Corona virus have already had positive effects on the atmosphere. However, I wonder how long this situation will last when these containment measures are lifted. Thank you for contributing to the answer I was looking for.

Thank you Mr. Emmanuel Mwangomo ! You are right: no production, no income then nothing can be done.

Dear Daphnee Michel , thank you for answering! I agree with your view. Definitely, we should see the future in a different way!

Thank you for your answer Professor Joan Nyika ! It is to expect that the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SDGs will hit more severely the developing countries. As a result, achieving the SDGs is more deadlocked for these countries.

It will definitely affect goal 8 in a more negative way! In fact, many companies and industries such as the Banking sector are already laying off their workers. People will no longer have access to a decent job and in the long run, it will be difficult for them to feed themselves and the entire household (Goal 2). Also, the may plunge si=uch individual or group of individuals into abject poverty (Goal 1). This is complex and bizzare. May we all collectively see the end of this challenging period.

L'objectif 06 est très important

En effet Dr A. Kettab , le probleme de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement est crucial (Ref:ODD#6). En 2017, un rapport des Nations-unies attirait l'attention sur le fait que "Les pays n'augmentent pas assez rapidement leurs investissements pour atteindre les cibles en matière d'eau et d'assainissement dans le cadre des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD)."

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/fr/2017/04/13/une-hausse-majeure-des-investissements-dans-leau-et-lassainissement-est-necessaire-selon-lonu/