COVID-19: lessons for sustainability?

COVID-19: lessons for sustainability?

This briefing belongs to the ‘Narratives for Change’ series, which explores the diversity of ideas needed to move our society towards sustainability and fulfil the ambitions of the European Green Deal. The briefing reflects on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks how these lessons can be applied to our quest for sustainability and how we can govern our societies in a way that respects planetary health as a precondition for human and economic health.

Title COVID-19: lessons for sustainability?
Description This briefing belongs to the ‘Narratives for Change’ series, which explores the diversity of ideas needed to move our society towards sustainability and fulfil the ambitions of the European Green Deal. The briefing reflects on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks how these lessons can be applied to our quest for sustainability and how we can govern our societies in a way that respects planetary health as a precondition for human and economic health.
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However, today\u2019s globalised societies and economies, and the way we interact with the natural environment, affect the way pandemics develop. There is little doubt that new pathogens are often created at the interfaces between wild and domestic animals and humans, and that these sometimes manifest as zoonotic disease (Figure 1). According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2020), \u201860 per cent of known infectious diseases in humans and 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic\u2019, while at least six outbreaks of novel coronaviruses were observed in the last century.", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "Plagues and pandemics have occurred throughout human history (Waltner-Toews, 2020). However, today\u2019s globalised societies and economies, and the way we interact with the natural environment, affect the way pandemics develop. There is little doubt that new pathogens are often created at the interfaces between wild and domestic animals and humans, and that these sometimes manifest as zoonotic disease (Figure 1). According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2020), \u201860 per cent of known infectious diseases in humans and 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic\u2019, while at least six outbreaks of novel coronaviruses were observed in the last century.\u00a0" } ], "type": "p" } ] }, "0b48cae2-e163-4850-ac12-dd3f0a7d885e": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "Related content", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "Related content" } ], "type": "h2" } ] }, "0eaa49ca-9a69-428d-aac3-3f3ca9709da5": { "@layout": "a03a7c4c-2df6-42f2-9837-1be2c45dad82", "@type": "dividerBlock", "block": "acebe2b4-cd82-4553-a624-12453752cc7b", "hidden": true, "section": true, "spacing": "s", "styles": {} }, "1329aead-b041-489f-90ce-ac924e11f9a7": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "Several interacting drivers underpin the emergence of zoonotic diseases by creating novel and diverse contacts among wildlife, livestock and people. These include (1) population growth and rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation, (2) increasing demand for animal protein, with a consequent increase in exploitation of wildlife, agricultural intensification and trade, (3) inadequate husbandry practices and (4) poorly managed informal wildlife and fresh produce markets, and industrial meat processing plants (UNEP, 2020). It is also clear that today\u2019s high levels of international trade and travel make pathogens spread faster, as \u2018diseases can now move around the world in periods shorter than their incubation periods\u2019 (UNEP, 2020).", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "Several interacting drivers underpin the emergence of zoonotic diseases by creating novel and diverse contacts among wildlife, livestock and people. These include (1) population growth and rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation, (2) increasing demand for animal protein, with a consequent increase in exploitation of wildlife, agricultural intensification and trade, (3) inadequate husbandry practices and (4) poorly managed informal wildlife and fresh produce markets, and industrial meat processing plants (UNEP, 2020). It is also clear that today\u2019s high levels of international trade and travel make pathogens spread faster, as \u2018diseases can now move around the world in periods shorter than their incubation periods\u2019 (UNEP, 2020).\u00a0" } ], "type": "p" } ] }, "14d04904-8497-4741-bb20-095877f24ebb": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "Where there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "Where there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way" } ], "type": "h2" } ] }, "16f73e22-fdf3-4aeb-b9f5-8e5d4adcfcb4": { "@type": "dividerBlock", "hidden": true, "spacing": "s", "styles": {} }, "17a14885-2433-453c-a7e1-6ef7689947ed": { "@type": "dividerBlock", "hidden": true, "section": true, "spacing": "s", "styles": {} }, "1acf713e-17ac-4852-a744-53fe126a588e": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "Unfortunately, early signals are not encouraging. With the resumption of social and economic activity, concentrations of airborne pollutants are increasing, and in some cases returning to pre-pandemic levels (EEA, 2020d). Warnings have already been issued about a swift rebound in global energy demand and GHG emissions post COVID-19 (IEA, 2021; Tollefson, 2021), while nationally determined contributions at the global scale (Liu and Raftery, 2021) lack the necessary ambition to keep global warming within the 2\u00b0C degree target, let alone 1.5\u00b0C. On the European scale, recent projections suggest that GHG emissions might bounce back to pre-pandemic levels unless additional measures are put in place (Figure 2) (EEA, 2021a).", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "Unfortunately, early signals are not encouraging. With the resumption of social and economic activity, concentrations of airborne pollutants are increasing, and in some cases returning to pre-pandemic levels (EEA, 2020d). Warnings have already been issued about a swift rebound in global energy demand and GHG emissions post COVID-19 (IEA, 2021; Tollefson, 2021), while nationally determined contributions at the global scale (Liu and Raftery, 2021) lack the necessary ambition to keep global warming within the 2\u00b0C degree target, let alone 1.5\u00b0C. On the European scale, recent projections suggest that GHG emissions might bounce back to pre-pandemic levels unless additional measures are put in place (Figure 2) (EEA, 2021a)." } ], "type": "p" } ] }, "1f6e6537-e523-4d4b-b799-b4f4fc5036df": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EC, 2020a) and the Farm to Fork Strategy (EC, 2020b) explicitly relate COVID-19 to current levels of biodiversity loss. The sense of urgency accompanying COVID-19 appears to open a window of opportunity for heightened awareness. Numerous commentators, activists and researchers are discussing if and how the heightened awareness created by COVID-19 can be harnessed to increase environmental awareness (Beattie and McGuire, 2020) and reframe economic models (Barlow et al., 2020; The Economist, 2020). This also extends to nation states and inter- and supranational organisations such as the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG Research and Innovation, 2021), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2021) and a number of major non-governmental organisations (for example the European Environmental Bureau (EEB, 2021)), which are involved in formulating post-COVID transformation strategies.", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EC, 2020a) and the Farm to Fork Strategy (EC, 2020b) explicitly relate COVID-19 to current levels of biodiversity loss. The sense of urgency accompanying COVID-19 appears to open a window of opportunity for heightened awareness. Numerous commentators, activists and researchers are discussing if and how the heightened awareness created by COVID-19 can be harnessed to increase environmental awareness (Beattie and McGuire, 2020) and reframe economic models (Barlow et al., 2020; The Economist, 2020). This also extends to nation states and inter- and supranational organisations such as the\u00a0" }, { "children": [ { "text": "Directorate-General for Research and Innovation" } ], "data": { "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/transformation-post-covid_en" }, "type": "link" }, { "text": "\u00a0(DG Research and Innovation, 2021), the\u00a0" }, { "children": [ { "text": "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development" } ], "data": { "url": "https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/covid-19-and-well-being_1e1ecb53-en" }, "type": "link" }, { "text": "\u00a0(OECD, 2021) and a number of\u00a0" }, { "children": [ { "text": "major non-governmental organisations" } ], "data": { "url": "https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Joint-NGO-open-letter-on-COVID-19-and-sustainability_26-March.pdf" }, "type": "link" }, { "text": "\u00a0(for example the\u00a0" }, { "children": [ { "text": "European Environmental Bureau" } ], "data": { "url": "https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hope-from-fear.pdf" }, "type": "link" }, { "text": "\u00a0(EEB, 2021)), which are involved in formulating post-COVID transformation strategies." } ], "type": "p" } ] }, "20eeb95d-c899-461f-9b63-78e8e7cd66ca": { "@type": "slate", "plaintext": "One positive thing that we\u2019ve learned from COVID-19 is that contemporary societies are in fact able to \u2018act with necessary force\u2019 when required (Mahmood and Sanchez, 2020). New regulations can be quickly enforced, with certain social practices and economic activities even being prohibited. Airports, restaurants, sports arenas and schools can be closed overnight if the reason is considered legitimate (at least when it is seen as temporary). EU Member States have willingly taken measures against COVID-19 that have had enormous economic costs, along with creating the risk of economic recession and severe unemployment.", "value": [ { "children": [ { "text": "One positive thing that we\u2019ve learned from COVID-19 is that contemporary societies are in fact able to \u2018act with necessary force\u2019 when required (Mahmood and Sanchez, 2020). New regulations can be quickly enforced, with certain social practices and economic activities even being prohibited. Airports, restaurants, sports arenas and schools can be closed overnight if the reason is considered legitimate (at least when it is seen as temporary). 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