Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic era

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly challenged the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper analyzes pre-existing challenges to SDG progress, identifies the pandemic's impact, and proposes a "Classification-Coordination-Collaboration" framework for post-pandemic SDG action. Pre-existing challenges included inequitable resource distribution, environmental crises, gaps between SDG visions and capabilities, geopolitical instability, and imbalances in SDG progress. COVID-19 exacerbated these issues, causing setbacks in various SDGs and amplifying existing inequalities. The proposed framework emphasizes classifying development status and urgency, coordinating domestic/international efforts, and fostering collaboration for economic cooperation, technological innovation, and a global culture of sustainable development.

Wenwu Zhao, Caichun Yin, Ting Hua, Michael E. Meadows, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Francesco Cherubini, Paulo Pereira, Bojie Fu