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Together, we can achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
OPPORTUNITIES EMERGING FROM COVID-19 GARETH PRESCH Founder & CEO of WHIS
Ben Wilkins
Martin Ong’wen
Steffi Singh
Tyson Nicholas
We believe the opportunity exists to establish a new sustainable health and social care model.
The world faces serious challenges at the moment. Climate change, poverty, pollution, healthcare inequalities, employment, biodiversity loss, access to quality education and COVID-19 - these are all but a few of the global challenges that we face today. The past year has been difficult for many people around the world. While we’re facing uncertainty, one thing is certain: change is coming. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that we need to embrace new ways of working. Despite the challenges we face, we see hope and opportunities emerge. Action is taking place across the world as we work together to create a better and more sustainable future for everyone. We’ve welcomed Klagenfurt to our SDG Cities programme and we recently had the opportunity to discuss how we can move forward during COVID-19 at the Global Solutions Summit (G20) LIVE from Berlin. The Summit supports the T20 and G20 under the Italian G20 Presidency, bringing together top researchers, policymakers, business leaders and civil society representatives in a renowned global problemsolving process. The event focused heavily on a Great Realignment in the post-
COVID world, in the spirit of recoupling economic progress with social prosperity and environmental sustainability. We discussed and highlighted the opportunities ahead of us in our panel session, “Moving forward during COVID19 - Implementing Good Health and Wellbeing”, which involved James Sanderson, CEO, National Academy Social Prescribing, Director of Personalised Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement; Roland Schatz, CEO and Founder, UNGSII Foundation; and Päivi Sillanaukee, Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland. From launching the Global Social Prescribing Alliance “Playbook” to establishing a “Just Transition Fund”, our session gave an insight into how we can improve people’s health and wellbeing, support our health services, create new and meaningful jobs while implementing the global goals by 2030.
