The ESCAP Asia-Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 flagged the region’s regression on SDG 13, climate action. To reverse this trend, it is imperative that both mitigation and adaptation go hand in hand...
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Resilience Dividends: Breaking the Nexus Poverty, Inequality and Climate Risk
The ESCAP Asia-Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 flagged the region’s regression on SDG 13, climate action. To reverse this trend, it is imperative that both mitigation and adaptation go hand in hand...
Cambodia + 3 more
Review on the impacts of climate change on rice production and cross- sectoral transboundary water issues in the Lower Mekong Basin
Executive Summary This report presents a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change on rice production and the broader implications for water management in the Lower Mekong Basin...
Unpacking 2023, the warmest year on record
2023 was the warmest year on record. The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights that February 2023 to January 2024 was the first time that we experienced 12 consecutive months of...
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People and Planet: Addressing the Interlinked Challenges of Climate Change, Poverty and Hunger in Asia and the Pacific
Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...
SDG 13 : Climate Action
ABSTRACT Climate action in the Asia-Pacific region faces significant challenges. Efforts to update Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) fall short of the ambitious targets needed to limit...
SDG 2 : Zero Hunger
ABSTRACT Food systems face numerous multidimensional threats, including conflicts, climate change and price and supply shocks. These challenges hinder progress in human health and security, poverty,...
SDG 17 : Partnership for the goals
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing global partnerships for sustainable development. SDG17 plays a pivotal role in...
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report: Showcasing Transformative Actions 2024
New UN report: Along with gender, where people live is a key factor in determining levels of poverty and inequality in Asia and the Pacific Progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
SDG 16 : Peace, justice and strong institutions: promote peaceful and inclusive societies
I. SUMMARY SDG 16 highlights the need for peaceful societies, access to justice and effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Its realization is essential for achieving all...
American Samoa + 20 more
Advancing Pacific Priorities 2023
ABSTRACT Advancing Pacific Priorities 2023 communicates efforts by the ESCAP Subregional Office for the in supporting Pacific SIDS in their implementation of the SDGs, the SAMOA Pathway, and...
Asia-Pacific Population and Development Report 2023
Abstract The Asia-Pacific Population and Development Report 2023 has been prepared in conjunction with the Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok and online from 15 to 17...
Social Protection and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
1. Executive Summary Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region globally, experiencing frequent natural hazards that have intensified due to climate change, resulting in significant human...
Afghanistan + 55 more
2023 ESCAP population data sheet
The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as...
Meaningful Youth Engagement in Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific: Building sustainable futures today
Summary Building off the messages from the 79th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, this policy brief has been prepared to provide a set of general...
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
The Eighth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-8) opened today with a resounding call for local and national governments to increase political will and commitment as well as engage with stakeholders at...
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Climate catastrophe in Sikkim Himalaya: Twin track resilience strategy
On 4 October 2023, a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the Teesta river basin, which claimed over 30 lives, destroyed the 1,200 MW Urja...
Crisis Resilient Urban Futures: The Future of Asian & Pacific Cities 2023
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Cities have always...
Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) Country Brief: Nepal (6 Oct 2023)
Many people are left behind in access to opportunities. Among poorer individuals over 35 years of age with lower education, 18% use the internet while 82% do not. Furthest behind group represents 11%...
Sustainable Finance: Bridging the Gap in Asia and the Pacific
UN launches ten principles for action to bridge the sustainable finance gap in Asia and the Pacific Amidst the challenging macroeconomic environment in many countries and concerns around public debt...