Indirect, cascading impacts can be significant. COVID-19 spread quickly and relentlessly into every corner of the world, and global risks like climate change are having major impacts in every locality. Global systems are becoming more connected and therefore more vulnerable in an uncertain risk landscape. Disasters, economic loss and the underlying vulnerabilities that drive risk, such as poverty and inequality, are increasing just as ecosystems and biospheres are at risk of collapse. Risk creation is outstripping risk reduction. ![]() Doing more of the same will not be enough. This will require transformations in what governance systems value and how systemic risk is understood and addressed. To change course, new approaches are needed. This jeopardizes not only achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, but also hinders progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ![]() Despite commitments to build resilience, tackle climate change and create sustainable development pathways, current societal, political and economic choices are doing the reverse.
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