COVID-19 as a window of opportunity for sustainability transitions? Narratives and communication strategies beyond the pandemic

Bodenheimer, Miriam; Leidenberger, Jacob

doi:10.1080/15487733.2020.1766318

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“…A closer analysis of COVID-19 pandemic instantly lays bare that the post-pandemic scenario is open and will be phenomenally based on both global and local decisions reached in the crucible of the fight against the virus itself [8]. These decisions will, either push the world to ''seize the opportunity'' presented by COVID-19, or drift the world further away from achieving the aspirational SDGs [8,25,46,61,70,[74][75][76].…”

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Post-COVID-19 Scenarios in the East African Community: Implications for Sustainable Development

Angom

2021

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The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with its lasting imprints on health, livelihoods and economies has plunged the world into complete disarray and staged an interregnum to the momentum of United Nations’ Decade of Action. With some discovered vaccines for the causative virus being administered in some regions, the profound uncertainties are now the virus, its trajectory and the possible post-pandemic scenarios thereof that the world or its individual countries will trickle into. It is unclear whether the pandemic provides an imitable opportunity for futuristic sustainable development or it is a prefatory incidence to an otherwise worse tomorrow. These two (most-pessimistic and worst-case) scenarios have a common thread which depicts uncertainty of the future of humanity. Yet, the most optimistic discourses have undermined the negative realities that global communities predict. This study tables an analysis of the possible global post-COVID-19 pandemic scenarios and trickles down to the same in the context of the East African Community (EAC), (Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and South Sudan). At the very least, encountered reports indicate that global debates on the post-pandemic future are classifiable into (1) the most likely return to “business-as-usual”, (2) a managed transition, or (3) a discernible paradigm shift. For the East African Community, the post-COVID-19 scenarios are poised to be influenced by the new world order reconfiguration; the region’s trajectory to sustainable development in the post-pandemic era is hinged on a solution of a global nature that favors making long-term decisions. Otherwise, the region’s scenario is likely the ‘‘business-as-usual’’ one.

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Section: Covid-19mentioning

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Post-COVID-19 Scenarios in the East African Community: Implications for Sustainable Development

Angom

2021

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“…In favor of the most optimistic views, COVID-19 has debunked the myth that current forms of production and consumption are the only options. To take this window of opportunity it is necessary "to reflect upon which aspects of the 'old normal' should be retained and where it is time to create a more sustainable 'new normal'" [19] (p. 63). This will require planning, increase current and future willingness to do the necessary behavioral changes, and a clear strategic of communication [15].…”

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“…However, these opportunities depend on short and medium-term decisions that may potentially push actions to consolidates the benefits. What is clear is that the post-pandemic scenario is open, and depending on decisions at a global and local level, the world could either take the opportunities presented by the crisis or get further away from achieving the SDGs [11,[17][18][19]27].…”

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“…In this case, COVID-19 could act as a starting point to change some behaviors relative to the business-as-usual system. This intermediate position is those with the greatest presence in the analyzed literature and is based on the consolidation of a "Green New Deal" [18,[33][34][35] centered on sustainable consumption, reduction of the economy in scale, promotion of the circular material economy [9,11,19,30,32,36,37] and supported by the "Green Economy" and "Blue Economy" [38][39][40][41]. Considering the profound implications of a paradigm shift, thinking about a gradual process of change seems more likely in the short and medium term.…”

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Post COVID-19 Pandemic Scenarios in an Unequal World Challenges for Sustainable Development in Latin America

Morea

2020

World

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted numerous academic debates about its impact on health and the economy and on possible post-pandemic scenarios across the globe. The discussion has been focused on whether the pandemic will mark a turning point and a unique opportunity to generate radical changes in the economic and productive system, or if the State assistance role will, once again, serve to rescue the capitalist system. There is a common link between these two opposing positions in that there will be a crossroads for the future of humanity, regarding the treatment that will be given to nature. However, some of the most optimistic visions seem to underestimate the different realities that the world presents. This paper proposes a combined analysis about the possible post-pandemic scenarios that are debated at a global level, and the impacts of the pandemic in the context of Latin America to fill an information gap and to aid understanding on what the possible post-pandemic scenarios for Latin America could be. The first findings show that the debates about the post-pandemic future at the global level could be grouped between: the return to “business as usual”; a managed transition; and a paradigm shift. For Latin America, the post-pandemic scenario will be highly conditioned on how the new world order is reconfigured, and moving on a path towards sustainability for the region in the post-pandemic scenario seems to be linked to two possibilities: a kind of revolt or revolution fostered by the social bases; or a solution of a global nature that favors making long-term decisions. If this does not occur, the most likely scenario seems to be a return to business as usual.

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“…In recent months, there has been a growing discussion of whether or not COVID-19 will support new sustainability transitions (Cohen 2020;Bodenheimer and Leidenberger 2020;Goffman 2020). As Cohen (2020) writes, COVID-19, "is simultaneously a public health emergency and a real-time experiment in downsizing the economy."…”

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Will COVID-19 support the transition to a more sustainable fashion industry?

Brydges

Retamal

Hanlon

2020

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

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COVID-19 as a window of opportunity for sustainability transitions? Narratives and communication strategies beyond the pandemic

Cited by 57 publications

References 4 publications

Post-COVID-19 Scenarios in the East African Community: Implications for Sustainable Development

Post-COVID-19 Scenarios in the East African Community: Implications for Sustainable Development

Post COVID-19 Pandemic Scenarios in an Unequal World Challenges for Sustainable Development in Latin America

Will COVID-19 support the transition to a more sustainable fashion industry?

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