on the one hand, these days, the COVID-19 pandemic and the COVID-19 crisis represent overpowering threats for the society and for the economy, especially when seeking to achieve the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which represent, through their indented outcomes, putting an end to poverty, finding the necessary solutions capable to protect the Planet, and striving to ensure that by the year 2030 all people will get the opportunity to enjoy the well-deserved peace and the well-praised prosperity (United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 2022); on the other hand, in the Post-COVID-19 Era the solution for a bright future is seen in the context in which a New Economic Model is being foreseen and created, with a particular emphasis on “affordable and clean energy” expected to encourage growth and Sustainable Development (SD) for all, “sustainable cities and communities” envisioned to support green energy, green public spaces, digitalization, inclusion, and shock resistance in all senses, and “climate action” counted on fostering the partnerships for reaching the Global Goals in a world that seems more and more inclined to alter the meaning of life, to lack global participation in helping the human rights, and to become more subjective in terms of banning harmful practices for ecosystems and humanity (United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 2022).
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Current High-Powered Challenges and High-Reaching Reforms: Moving to a New Economic Model Based on Green Energy, Digitalization, and Shock Resistance
Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu (University of Bucharest, Romania) and Arturo Luque González (Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador & Observatorio Euromediterráneo de Espacio Público y Democracia URJC, Ecuador)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6750-3.ch008
Abstract
Knowledge has the miraculous power to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at an international level, with the notable help provided by courageous reforms due to promoting a new economic model based on quality, green energy, digitalization, and shock resistance. Environmental sustainability relies on collaboration in achieving the SDGs and on communication in making the SDGs a way of living. The unforgettable challenges brought in today's society by the COVID-19 pandemic and the COVID-19 crisis posed even a greater pressure than before to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, thus placing on pivotal positions the answers for the following questions: “What steps are due to be taken for ensuring affordable and clean energy?” “What role do sustainable cities and communities play in people's lives?” “What does climate action involve in terms of the partnerships for the global goals?” and “What does digitalization implicates in terms of supporting long term positive economic, social, and environmental links in the post-COVID-19 era?”