THE
NEW NORMAL: A ROAD MAP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS POST COVID-19
By
Oladosu Adenike
The world is full of crises and in the quest of finding
solutions to it crises involves the use of sustainable development goals. As
numerous sustainable development goals are so it is interlinked and
intersectional: a solution for one is a solution for all. As we aim to achieve
one out of the 17 goals, it influences the rest. This is an agenda that runs to
2020 and the blue print in strengthening every action. We take. Now the
coronavirus pandemic is creating a major setback with the matter arising “how
do we meet up with the finding of action needed? Sustainable Development Goals
includes all the crises that the world is faced with and at the same time there
are solutions for every goal; but how do we get there soon? We don’t have time
to waste currently, all efforts geared towards saving the lives and likelihoods
of many as we look at ways of tackling the formal crises through the Green
Recovery.
Among all the 17 goals; my actions are
aim at driving all the goals but more inclusively climate action and gender
equality. Achieving climate justice is the easiest way of attaining gender
equality and vice versa. Climate change is beyond the mindset; it is
interconnected to health, biodiversity, nature, labour and other aspect of
life. We depend on climate for the food we eat, the water we drink, clothe we
wears and daily income. Progress made on climate action cut across all the 17
goals. We are all unique in our activities and complimenting efforts in meeting
daily goals. There is no superiority in all the goals: it is centered at
sustainability. We might have been involved in different movement irrespective
of our country, it doesn’t matter where we are from but what matter most is
where we are going to and what we want to achieve.
Furthermore, in the phase of this
pandemic in the era of sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) arise the importance
of prioritize the goals. COVID 19 already is worsening the impacts of the
crises that are inherent in our system; increasing the gap of poverty level,
violence against women, hunger, education, conflict and many more but in all we
can tackle it through the green recovery. Achieving these global goals provide
us with unlimited opportunities that will create a sustainable planet free from
pandemic. COVID-19 now create a barrier among several others in tacking each of
these goal. If one of the goals is affected, it hinders others from being
attainable leading us to back stage. In the same light, the society can be a barrier
in attaining these goals. There is hope with more organization and associated
bodies working tirelessly to achieving the goals.
Nevertheless,
the partial easing of total lockdown brings hope to a post-coronavirus life: New
normal. Yet with the threat of a second wave of infection and its arising cases
in some part of the world leaves us far from achieving sustainable development
of growth (SDGs). One of the positive effect of the lockdown is drastic reductive
in carbon emission. Yet poverty rate keep increasing because it is inherent in
the system so is the breeding effect on hunger especially in the breeding in
the Lake Chad region where over 7.2 million people displaced. Hence the
vulnerability of these displaced people to rape and other sexual violence
especially against women.
In Nigeria, the climate crisis is a
multiplying breeding effect in national security leading to armed banditry and
weaponry such as the farmer-herdsmen conflicts. These can led to failure in
food security especially crops production and animal husbandry. notwithstanding,
now is the time to straighten and strengthen the tracts in making up the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) that stand as a pillar for the “people” to achieve a
world full of “peace” and “prosperity” through “partnerships” with the goals
for the people and the “planet”. As an ecofeminist, my activism has just
started because I believe we will win, yes we can if everyone can come together
to fight the planet we need.
She
is an ecofeminist, peace activist focusing on climate change & national
security.
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