Global COVID-19 Pandemic has become a Challenge or Opening a Window of Opportunity? Scrutinizing from SDGs and Sustainability Perspectives

The main intention of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to transform our world with the enhancement of wealth and opportunity for a better tomorrow, which is considered as the “roadmap for humanity”. But the progress of human society is interrupted by the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and as a result, the human-centric socioeconomic contexts have been experiencing enormous challenge and tremendous opportunities. The present chapter attempts to explore the impact and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the “new normal” phase and to analyse the potential window of opportunities for sustainability transactions. Exploratory and qualitative research designs and descriptive analytical methods have been applied and for information, different authentic websites, different agencies, journals, and e-contents were searched. The study depicts that the COVID-19 pandemic not only poses a challenge for human society but also opens a potential window of opportunities for sustainability transactions, and finally some policy actions have been made for sustainability from socio-ecological perspectives