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Planet under Pressure

The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.

The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.

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ECONOMIC LESSONS<br />

Impact Map for Scenarios<br />

and Megatrends<br />

Scenario 1<br />

Total isolation<br />

1<br />

Strong megatrends<br />

Driving megatrends<br />

Ambivalent megatrends<br />

Silver Society<br />

3<br />

Scenario 3<br />

Neo-Tribes<br />

Individualization<br />

New Work<br />

Security<br />

Health<br />

2<br />

Scenario 2<br />

System crash<br />

Connectivity<br />

Globalization<br />

Scenario 4<br />

Adaption<br />

4<br />

Neo-ecology<br />

Culture of Knowledge<br />

Mobility<br />

Gender Shift<br />

Urbanization<br />

Source: Zukunftsinstitut, FAS Research<br />

bodies are becoming increasingly important<br />

– a reorganisation in the sense of<br />

glocalisation: The local level (cities, municipalities,<br />

mayors etc.) is directly linked<br />

to global organizations. In this way, local<br />

problems can be solved quickly and creatively,<br />

and global risks can be identified<br />

more quickly and tackled cooperatively.<br />

Overall, since the pandemic, humanity<br />

has perceived itself more strongly as a<br />

global community that must solve challenges<br />

together. For neither an epidemic<br />

nor the climate crisis stops at national<br />

borders. A global identity has emerged,<br />

supported by a fundamental change in<br />

values: solidarity and we-culture not<br />

only with our neighbors, but also at<br />

international and global levels.<br />

→ The corona crisis has led to concrete<br />

lessons in supranational handling of<br />

big data, predictive analytics, and early<br />

warning systems. Artificial intelligence<br />

is now being used more constructively:<br />

not only to contain epidemics at an<br />

early stage, but also to minimize all<br />

possible global risks that do not respect<br />

national borders. Everyone is equipped<br />

with health tracking devices, because<br />

the global exchange of up-to-date health<br />

data allows risks to be detected early on.<br />

The continuous learning from each other<br />

in a multitude of functioning networks<br />

creates global resilience. This new spirit<br />

also shapes the media landscape: Constructive<br />

journalism focuses on solutions<br />

instead of spreading alarmism and fake<br />

news. This also helps to maintain a resilient<br />

and adaptive society that knows<br />

how to deal productively with crises.<br />

Copyright and more information:<br />

Zukunftsinstitut GmbH<br />

Kaiserstr. 53<br />

60329 Frankfurt am Main<br />

Global Goals Yearbook 2020<br />

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