I have always considered that the three global frameworks — Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change — agreed and adopted by United Nations (UN) member-states in 2015 should govern our post-2015 development era.

With the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic hitting humanity in an unprecedented manner, I still keep the conviction that the same frameworks should define our post-Covid-19 era. Except, at this time, in the absence of any vaccine, we have to do a resetting on how we intend to move forward, given the continuous and growing threats of the virus. In hindsight, on the other hand, we are offered the best opportunity not only to address our failures to respond to pandemics, but also to craft policies that will arrest the human-caused climate emergency.

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