The current pandemic was not a black swan event. The world faces the clear and present danger of more frequent and more lethal infectious disease outbreaks. The threat of future pandemics is already with us. Scaling up pandemic preparedness cannot wait until COVID-19 is over. We urge that our proposals be discussed, developed further, and implemented as a matter of urgency. The Panel arrived at its recommendations after intensive deliberations and consultations with a wide range of stakeholders and experts around the globe over a period of four months. Our report sets out critical and actionable solutions and investments to meet the challenge of an age of pandemics, and to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic damage that COVID-19 has brought. The High Level Independent Panel was asked by the G20 in January 2021 to propose how finance can be organized, systematically and sustainably, to reduce the world’s vulnerability to future pandemics 1.
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