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1、Report of the UN Economist Network for the UN 75th Anniversary Shaping the Trends of Our Time SEPTEMBER 2020 IN SUPPORT OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The full report is available from www.un.org/development/desa/publications Copyright United Nations All rights reserved. Graphic design: Prographics Cover phot

2、o: Louis Reed / unsplash Our world is at risk, facing pressures on many fronts. But it does not have to be, particularly where the risks stem from human activities and can be tempered by human choices. By making the right choices today, without further delay, it is not too late to shape the major tr

3、ends of our time in a direction that is sustainable and delivers benefits to all. For much of the decade of the 1990s and the early 2000s, steady economic progress masked many concerns. The global financial crisis in 2008 and the Great Recession that ensued tore the mask away, and generated a greate

4、r willingness to examine issues in a new light. The crisis also unleashed a renewed spirit of multilateral cooperation, spurred by the necessity of a coordinated and common response. The 2015 adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change created a

5、new development paradigm, a blueprint for prosperity, people and planet predicated on partnerships and multilateralism. Executive Summary Prayag Tejwani / unsplash SHAPING THE TRENDS OF OUR TIME 1 Yet the 2030 Agenda is already off-track. Policy commitments have not always translated into policy act

6、ions. Sustainable finance is increasing, but not fast enough or at the necessary scale. The change in behaviours and mindsets does not yet match our ambitions for sustainability. And now, the world is confronting an unprecedented health, social and economic crisis because of the COVID- 19 pandemic.