A Golden Beacon of Light—Taiwan is Helping

The year 2020 was fraught with changes and challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic hampered global progress on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic devastated vulnerable communities and increased inequality between nations. The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development met to discuss the theme “accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development.” Participants focused on how science, technology, and innovation can be harnessed to strengthen the postpandemic recovery, ensuring that sustainable development and epidemic prevention run in parallel.