When societies around the world were faced with the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis that followed, starting in Spring 2020, many of them approached the issue exactly the way that is needed to manage any major sustainability crisis, based on GSDR2019. The politics of maintaining the business as usual and the emphasis on single goals were left aside and rational thinking with concrete action was placed in the front. This meant dealing simultaneously all issues at stake through close interaction between financing, governance, citizens and STI, and using their levers in an integrated way.
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