Sustainable pathways out of the corona crisis
Like many people, we are also following and taking part in the debates on how to get out of the current pandemic crisis on sustainable pathways with Agenda 2030 as cycling map. On this page we are sharing our top reads – in chronological order, starting with the latest. The articles are selected from the Web day by day. Most are in English, some are in German, French, Italian, Dutch or other languages as they appear. Brussels is doing well in the lockdown, including the daily view of Café le Bonheur (Happiness Pub) at the corner. A sign for the way ahead – and we are hoping this very much for the European project that is at our heart.
Analysis and Pathways [English]
- Haniza Khalid - COVID-19 and the Most Vulnerable Among Us, 28 May 2020, UNDP
- Adam Tooze - 'We are living through the first economic crisis of the Anthropocene'. 7 May 2020, The Guardian
- Philipp Schepelmann and Manfred Fischedick - The “European Green Deal” after the Corona Pandemic. May 2020, Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal, Germany
- Cameron Hepburn, Brian O’Callaghan, Nicholas Stern, Joseph Stiglitz and Dimitri Zenghelis - Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change?, 4 May 2020. Forthcoming in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy 36(S1)
- Liu Zhenmin - Three Lessons to Help Navigate the Uncharted Waters of COVID-19. Guest article IISD, 4 May 2020
- Deutsche Welle - Germany's Angela Merkel calls for 'climate-friendly' coronavirus response. 28 April 2020
- Alexander Trepelkov - SDGs: the Challenge to Improve Lives After the COVID-19 Crisis. IPS, 27 April 2020
- Sabin Bieri, Thomas Breu, Andreas Heinimann & Peter Messerli - The virus has made it clear: the future is now. Corona Sustainability Compass, 24 April 2020
- Patrick ten Brink - Returning our food systems to business as usual would be a historic mistake. Social Europe, 23 April 2020
- Erna Stolberg and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo - Why we cannot lose sight of the Sustainable Development Goals during coronavirus. WEF, 23 April 2020
- Hugo Dixon - It’s time to fight for a green new world after coronavirus - here's how. The Independent, 18 April 2020
- United Nations Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government - COVID-19: Embracing digital government during the pandemic and beyond. UNDESA, 14 April 2020
- Stephanie Achieng’- COVID-19 threatens Africa’s ability to achieve SDGs. SciDevNet, 13 April 2020
- SDG Watch Europe - SDG Watch Europe Steering Group Statement on Covid-19. 7 April 2020
- Club of Rome - Open Letter to Global Leaders – A Healthy Planet for Healthy People. 26 March 2020
- William Davies - The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could. 24 March 2020, The Guardian
- Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, Hunter Lovins, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Kate Raworth - A Green Reboot After the Pandemic. 24 March 2020
- Johan Rockström and Sandrine Dixson-Declève - Emergence from emergency: The case for a holistic economic recovery plan. 24 March 2020
- Yuval Noah Harari - The world after coronavirus. 20 March 2020, Financial Times
- Mariana Mazzucato - The Covid-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently. 18 March 2020, The Guardian
- John Vidal - 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? 18 March 2020, The Guardian
- Marie Cohen et al. - COVID-19 Can Help Wealthier Nations Prepare for a Sustainability Transition. Future Earth, 13 March 2020
Analysis and Pathways [Other languages]
- Jens Martens und Bodo Ellmers - Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie für die Verwirklichung der globalen Nachhaltigkeitsziele. May 2020, Global Policy Forum Europe
- Kees Vendrik - Corona: De economie van straks. De Groene Amsterdammer, 22 April 2020
- Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina - Coronavirus-Pandemie – Die Krise nachhaltig überwinden. 13 April 2020
- Dirk Messner - Risiken und Chancen im Umgang mit der Corona-Krise. 7 April 2020 (also in English). Corona Sustainability Compass Blog
- Guenther Bachmann - Corona und die Nachhaltigkeit.Anthropozäische Nähe und andere Gedanken zu Wissenschaft, Politik, Gemeinschaft, Vorsorge. 7 April 2020
- Pia-Johanna Schweizer - Was uns das Coronavirus über den Umgang mit systemischen Risiken zeigt. 3 April 2020, IASS Potsdam
- Nicole de Paula and Kathleen A. Mar - Ist das Coronavirus „gut“ für den Klimawandel? Die Frage geht am Thema vorbei. 31 March 2020, IASS Potsdam
- Reinhard Loske - Von der Corona-Krise zur nachhaltigen Wirtschaft. Was zukunftsorientierte Politik jetzt leisten muss. March 2020, Agora42. Also in English: From the COVID-19 Crisis to a Sustainable Economy: What progressive politics needs to do now
- Interview with Enrico Giovannini - "Ora riconvertiamo l'economia". 25 March 2020, HuffPost Italia Edition
- Matthias Horx - Die Welt nach Corona. 16 March 2020 (also in English)
EU Focus
- "When the EU emerges from the pandemic, the recovery should be green". Interview with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, CNN, 4 May 2020
- Marlène Siméon - EU global response to COVID-19: a global pandemic with local solutions! Euractiv, 24 April 2020
- Caroline de Gruyter - Europa brengt u thuis. 17 April 2020, NRC
- Frans Timmermans et Bertrand Piccard - Quel monde voulons-nous rebâtir après le Covid-19? 16 April 2020, L'Echo. Also in English
- Interview with Josep Borell - "Wir müssen die Herzen erreichen". 15 April 2020, Die Zeit
Video – It takes more than markets – (in Dutch)
Governance & Science-Policy issues
- Louis Meuleman and Ora-orn Poocharoen - Blog: How could COVID-19 shape institutional reforms and creation of a public-sector workforce of the future that accelerates delivery of the SDGs? 10 May 2020, UNDESA website
- Mike Scott - SDG17, Coronavirus, And The Battle For A Collaborative Future. BusinessGreen, 28 April 2020
- Richard A. Roehrl, Wei Liu and Shantanu Mukherjee - The COVID-19 pandemic: a wake-up call for better cooperation at the science–policy–society interface. UN/DESA Policy Brief #62, 22 April 2020
- Jeroen den Uyl - Coronacrisis toont falen van marktwerking in de zorg aan. 17 April 2020
- Steven Van de Walle - What is considered fair when allocating tragically scarce resources during pandemics? 13 April 2020, Public Governance Institute, Leuven
- William Colglazier -Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Catastrophic Failures of the Science-Policy Interface. 9 April 2020, Science and Diplomacy
- Louis Meuleman -It Takes More Than Markets: First Governance Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. 7 April 2020, Public Governance Institute, Leuven. Guest article IISD.org
- Monika Sie Dhian Ho - Bekijk corona óók door een culturele en politieke bril. 20 March 2020, NRC
Webinars
- COVID-19: Lessons learnt and outlooks for sustainable, low carbon transport. 3 April 2020. SLOCAT