Is Covid-19 Setting the Stage for UN Agenda 2030? In Pursuit of the Trajectory

The coronavirus (Covid-19)Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Pandemics has caused much havoc across the world. It has upended lives and livelihoodsLivelihoods and created a state States of despair. Many countries are still reeling from the impact of the pandemic Pandemics . Notwithstanding this, the pandemic Pandemics has also exposed mankind to a startling reality - specifically the fundamental weaknesses in our global system, the prevalence of poverty, the lack of social-protection mechanisms to protect the most vulnerable, weak healthHealth systems and above all the need for global cooperation. The on-going crisis has also re-enforced the interdependence of our world and has brought to the fore the urgent need for global action to meet people’s basic needs, to save our planet and to build a fairer and more secure world, all of which have been canvassed within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development GoalsUN Sustainable Development Goals (UNDP) (SDGs) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . The chapter explores issues relating to the pandemicPandemics and their implications for sustainable developmentSustainable Developments. It seeks to draw parallels between the two by arguing that the crisis, despite its ferocity, has proved an opportunityOpportunities for mankind to ramp up actions necessary to achieve the SDGs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . This is evidenced by the spirit of solidaritySolidarity, the global network of innovationsInnovations, and the synchronised efforts and the shared vision Visions being displayed by civil society Societies , private sector, and governmentsGovernments.