COVID-19 publications / Sustainable Development Solutions Network Greece

P U B L I C A T I O N S

• Combatting the Rise in Data Politics, blog, Rebecca Gorin (SDSN TReNDS), August 4, 2020
• Readiness of Small Energy Markets and Electric Power Grids to Global Health Crises: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, article, Yoash Levron, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, SDSN member, published in IEEE Access, July 13, 2020
• Government bailouts can help better our post COVID-19 lives, commentary, Mariana Mazzucato (SDSN LC member) and Antonio Andreoni, Channel News Asia, July 15, 2020
• BUILD BACK BETTER: Developing a COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy with the iSDG® Model (attached), brochure, Millennium Institute, SDSN member
• Fighting COVID-19 in Some of the World's Most Challenging Places, interview with Michelle Nunn (SDSN LC Member), Global Citizen, July 2, 2020
• The Day after COVID-19: Overcoming the Novel Coronavirus double jeopardy in Central Africa, Antonio Pedro, (SDSN LC Member), CNBC Africa, June 29, 2020
• COVID-19 Rapid Response Solutions for Cities, report, 2020 Local Pathways Fellows of SDSN Youth, 25 August 2020
• What evidence could support modeling scenarios related to the re-opening, operation and monitoring of schools? Wilson MG, Waddell K, Moat KA, Wang Q, Ahmad A, Alam S, Bhuiya A, Sharma K, Lavis JN. McMaster Health Forum, SDSN Member. August 18, 2020
• Monitoring the Population During COVID-19: New Models, Data Platforms, and Research Highlights, blog, Hayden Dahmm and Maggie Smith (SDSN TReNDS), August 17, 2020
• Corona and the climate: a comparison of two emergencies, Johan Rockström (SDSN LC member) et al. Global Sustainability 3, e25, 1-7. Cambridge University Press – August 14, 2020
• Letter from economists: to rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy, Jeffrey D. Sachs (SDSN President), Mariana Mazzucato (SDSN LC member), et al, The Guardian – August 4, 2020

INITIATIVES

• Online Tool Tracking Energy Investments During Economic Recovery, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and 13 expert organizations released a new website and database to track global economic recovery investments from a climate and energy perspective.
• Wageningen University & Research and partners identified major food systems challenges that emerged as COVID-19 measures take hold and affect food security. Country assessments, unique in their syntheses of grounded in-country data and outcomes validated by country expert panels, reveal deep immediate impacts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali.
• SDSN Amazonia recently awarded two prizes to NGOs responding to COVID-19 in the region. The SDSN Amazonia Award went to the project Amazon Indigenous Health Route, while the iAMA Award for Confronting COVID-19 went to two projects, the Amazon Communication and COVID-19 Alert Network of San Francisco de Quito University (USFQ), and Achuar Indigenous Food Security in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic of the Pachamama Foundation.

EVENTS

• Covid-19 and Indigineous Villages in Latin America (in Spanish), August 4, 2020, 9am UTC-5, European Academy of Bolzano, SDSN member
• Inclusion in Times of Covid-19 - Report Launch, Aug 5, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET, IDB, SDSN partner
• Integrated care in Latin America and the Caribbean beyond COVID-19 (English, simultaneous translation to Spanish and Portuguese will be provided), August 18, 2020, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (ET), IDB, SDSN partner
• Mitigating the Repercussions of COVID-19 on Jordan's Economy, Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 5:30 - 7:00 pm (GMT+3) | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (EDT), Columbia Global Centers - Amman, SDSN member
• Impact of Covid-19 on Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, September 10, SDSN Nigeria
• Catalyzing Digital Financial Services for Women Across Africa: Supporting Recovery, Resilience, and Innovation During COVID-19, September 23, 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EDT) | 5:00 – 6:30 PM (SAST), G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa, the SDSN and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Recordings and Summaries of Past Events

• Srinath Reddy (SDSN LC member) on what we know about COVID-19 and India’s handling of the pandemic so far, The Indian Express, July 8, 2020
• Diversity instead of waste: sustainable lessons from the Corona crisis (in German), ECO with the participation of the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation, SDSN member, 25 August 2020
• Episode 20: Message Chaos (increasing cases in parts of Europe, challenges that universities are facing as students return to campus, and mixed messaging on topics related to COVID-19 testing, herd immunity, and the flu vaccine), Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, SDSN member, 20 August 2020
• Special Episode: Osterholm Update Live (latest COVID-19 activity in the US and around the world, then answer listener questions on understanding immunity to SARS-CoV-2, advice on how to get quality information on the pandemic, the reliability of tests, and more), Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, SDSN member, 13 August 2020
• Why globalization will survive the coronavirus crisis, video, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of SDSN, August 10, 2020
• No Time to Rest (latest COVID-19 activity in the United States and around the world, the critical importance of vaccine safety, responding effectively to misinformation, and the role that face shields play in this pandemic), Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, SDSN member, 6 August 2020

O T H E R   P L A T F O R M S

• Monitoring the Population During COVID-19: New Models, Data Platforms, and Research Highlights
• Living hub of COVID-19 knowledge hubs, African Centre for Evidence and the McMaster Health Forum
• EU Applications open for the EESC Civil Solidarity Prize dedicated to the fight against the coronavirus
• Tracking R Real-Time Estimates of the Effective Reproduction Rate (R ) of COVID-19
• YouGov COVID-19 Public Monitor
• Our World in Data: Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)
• University of Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker
• Google Covid-19 Community Mobility Reports
• Global Health 50/50 COVID-19 sex-disaggregated data tracker
• #Data4COVID19
• NIH Open-Access Data and Computational Resources to Address COVID-19
• Reopen EU - EU official website allowing people to plan their travel across the EU
• RELX SDG Resource Centre Coronavirus Insights
• Lexis Nexis Global Covid-19 Legal Resources - curated news, emerging legislative issues and research materials to stay on top of changes related to COVID-19 and the law across the world and for specific jurisdictions
• Elsevier Coronavirus Information Centre - free health and medical research on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19
• Elsevier COVID-19 Healthcare Hub - free resource to aid healthcare workers on the front lines of managing the health crisis (toolkits, expert insights, research resources and guidelines)
• The Lancet Coronavirus Resource Centre - To assist health workers and researchers working under challenging conditions to bring this outbreak to a close. This resource brings together new 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) content from across The Lancet journals as it is published.
• WBCSD COVID-19 Response Program - vital supply chains, return to “normal” scenarios and long-term impacts
• Apolitical Weekly Briefing, with resources that help you understand or respond to COVID-19
• Inter-American Development Bank knowledge platform to help governments, companies and citizens learn about its priority areas (immediate public health response, safety nets for the vulnerable population, economic productivity and employment, fiscal policies to alleviate the economic impact;
• Weekly digest: COVID-19 research from around the world, International Development Research Centre, Canada
• UNESCO’s Distance Learning Solutions, including SDG Academy Library