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...
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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...
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Spencer McMurray (adelphi)Lukas Ruttinger (adelphi)Serena Arcone (UNDP) The new Pacific Climate Security Assessment guide aims to support Pacific Island Countries to collectively and individually...
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This is a study on the provision of public childcare across 48 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The report calls for greater investments in quality, accessible, affordable childcare that provides...
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26 July 2023 Joint News Release Suva, Fiji The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are launching a new partnership today to support four countries -...
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IOM, UNDP Study Outlines the Limits to Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Region Majuro – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)...
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Global Crises Further Threaten Progress on SDGs: ADB–UN Report MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2023) — The convergence of multiple global crises is further jeopardizing Asia and the Pacific’s ability...
In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, is the picturesque atoll nation of Kiribati. Around 120,000 people, spread across 21 atolls, call the small island state home. From...
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Introduction Across pre-pandemic Asia and the Pacific Region (APR), there was an improvement in the poverty levels of those who are poor according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), but...
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Introduction This report, released two years after COVID-19 began spreading around the world, considers how countries have been responding to this complex and still evolving pandemic, and highlights...
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Integrated approaches for climate-resilient development supported by UNDP are improving lives and livelihoods – and protecting the planet – as nations race to address the climate crisis The climate...
“The sea is our identity and how we define ourselves and how we trace our roots, cultures, and traditions.” HE Te Beretitenti Taneti Maamau, President of Kiribati Located in the center of the...
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By Mariana Simões, Regional Technical Specialist on Climate Change Adaptation (Tw: @MarianaSim0es) and Mashida Rashid, Public Health Specialist, UNDP (Tw: @MashidaRashid) It is hard to believe that...
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Palau –The Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau, Tuvalu and Vanuatu will receive Tsunami Preparedness Kits earmarked for schools as part of Phase II of the Strengthening School...
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Suva, Fiji – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji through the Pacific Early Recovery Funds (PERF), is assisting Tropical Cyclone Harold Early Recovery (ER) efforts...
"Without a quality ocean environment, we are less likely to survive" Teboboua Biribo. Teboboua, aged 62, was born and raised in Abemama, Kiribati. With five children and an equal number of...
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Introduction Climate change continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing our planet and humanity today, and local communities and small island developing states (SIDS) are at the front line...
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31 October 2018, Bangkok - In a unique partnership, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is connecting experts on coastal and river management from Deltares, a Dutch knowledge institute,...
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SUMMARY HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are the two most deadly infectious diseases in the world. Globally in 2016, TB took the lives of more than 1.7 million people, while 1 million died from HIV-related...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of Earth’s most important climatic phenomena. ENSO, which refers to interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the Equatorial...
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Suva, Fiji – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the Government of India, through the newly established India-UN Development Partnership Fund, have launched the Climate...