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Abstract

COVID-19 has stimulated calls for a "Global Reset" to address major global challenges and "build back better." This Intelligence Briefing makes the case that the experience of COVID-19 itself, and in particular the role of multiple systems in the cause, severity and effects of the pandemic, shines light on the vital steps needed to advance a Global Reset. It brings together the evidence that the causes, severity and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the interconnections between multiple systems, notably environmental, health, political, social, economic and food systems. It then uses this evidence to identify five practical steps needed to advance a global reset. First, train systems leaders. Second, employ a new cadre of “systems connectors.” Third, identify solutions across systems. Fourth, manage trade-offs for the long- and short-term. Fifth, kickstart system redesign for co-benefits. Implementing these steps will be extraordinarily challenging given the short-term imperative to recover. But for any business, organisation, government or UN agency serious about addressing long-term sustainability challenges, the opportunity is there to use these five practical actions to press the global reset button.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	COPYRIGHT: © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher Keywords:	Policies, politics and governance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management

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