THE WORLD ECONOMY: Global outlook overview

Naisbitt, Barry; Boshoff, Janine; Holland, Dawn; Hurst, Ian; Kara, Amit; Liadze, Iana; Macchiarelli, Corrado; Mao, Xuxin; Juanino, Patricia Sanchez; Thamotheram, Craig; Whyte, Kemar

doi:10.1017/nie.2020.21

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Besides restricting movement, lockdowns also affected educational, political, and economic activities [ 3 ], with the resulting consequences expected to significantly impact both society and the environment [ 4 – 7 ]. Significant effects of the lockdown have already been observed on the global economy [ 8 ], air pollution [ 9 – 11 ], and wildlife conservation [ 5 ]. Here, multiple levels of lockdown policies [ 12 ] are considered that restrict society and behaviour.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the potential repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on global SDG attainment

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a worldwide lockdown, and this restriction on human movements and activities has significantly affected society and the environment. Some effects might be quantitative, but some might be qualitative, and some effects could prolong immediately and/or persistently. This study examined the consequences of global lockdown for human movement and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions using an air pollution index and dataset and satellite image analyses. We also evaluated the immediate (during lockdown) and persistent (after lockdown) effects of lockdown on achieving the SDGs. Our analysis revealed a drastic reduction in human movement and NO2 emissions and showed that many SDGs were influenced both immediately and persistently due to the global lockdown. We observed the immediate negative impacts on four goals and positive impacts on five goals, especially those concerning economic issues and ecosystem conservation, respectively. The persistent effects of lockdown were likely to be predominantly reversed from their immediate impacts due to economic recovery. The global lockdown has influenced the global community’s ability to meet the SDGs, and our analysis provides powerful insights into the status of the internationally agreed-upon SDGs both during and after the COVID-19-induced global lockdown.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the potential repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on global SDG attainment

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Significant effects of the lockdown have already been observed on the global economy 8 , air pollution [9][10][11] , and wildlife conservation 5 . Here, multiple levels of lockdown policies 12 are considered that restrict society and behaviour.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%