Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Severity on Environment, Economy and Society towards Affecting Sustainable Development Goals

M. A. Hannan (), M. S. Abd Rahman (), Ali Q. Al-Shetwi, R. A. Begum, Pin Jern Ker, M. Mansor, M. S. Mia, M. J. Hossain, Z. Y. Dong and T. M. I. Mahlia
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M. A. Hannan: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, COE, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
M. S. Abd Rahman: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, COE, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
Ali Q. Al-Shetwi: Electrical Engineering Department, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Tabuk 47721, Saudi Arabia
R. A. Begum: Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
Pin Jern Ker: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, COE, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
M. Mansor: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, COE, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
M. S. Mia: School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Malaysia
M. J. Hossain: School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Z. Y. Dong: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798, Singapore
T. M. I. Mahlia: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-23

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every sector in the world, ranging from the education sector to the health sector, administration sector, economic sector and others in different ways. Multiple kinds of research have been performed by research centres, education institutions and research groups to determine the extent of how huge of a threat the COVID-19 pandemic poses to each sector. However, detailed analysis and assessment of its impact on every single target within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have not been discussed so far. We report an assessment of the impact of COVID-19 effect towards achieving the United Nations SDGs. In assessing the pandemic effects, an expert elicitation model is used to show how the COVID-19 severity affects the positive and negative impact on the 169 targets of 17 SDGs under environment, society and economy groups. We found that the COVID-19 pandemic has a low positive impact in achieving only 34 (20.12%) targets across the available SDGs and a high negative impact of 54 targets (31.95%) in which the most affected group is the economy and society. The environmental group is affected less; rather it helps to achieve a few targets within this group. Our elicitation model indicates that the assessment process effectively measures the mapping of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on achieving the SDGs. This assessment identifies that the COVID-19 pandemic acts mostly as a threat in enabling the targets of the SDGs.

Keywords: impact assessment; COVID-19 pandemic; UN sustainable development goals; economic; social; environmental impact of COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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