ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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State of Climate in South-West Pacific highlights increasing threat of climate change Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 November 2022 - Sea surface temperatures and ocean heat in parts of the South-West...
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Summary for policymakers Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions: Summary for Policymakers builds on ESCAP’s Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021, Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report...
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Diez puntos a celebrar de 2021 Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division La pandemia de Covid-19 ha tenido consecuencias devastadoras para los niños y las niñas en todo el mundo. A...
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Dix marques de progrès en 2021 dont on peut se réjouir Jo Becker Directrice du plaidoyer, division Droits des enfants jobeckerhrw La pandémie de Covid-19 a été dévastatrice pour les enfants à travers...
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Ten Points to Celebrate from 2021 Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating for children around the world. Earlier this month, UNICEF reported...
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Your Excellency Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Honourable Ministers, State Secretaries and other National and Municipality-level government...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the signing of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, countries around the world have committed to equitable and inclusive development for girls...
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Achieving food security and improving nutrition are crucial to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Not only they are essential to reach SDG2 – Zero Hunger, but they are also linked to...
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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...
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Introduction 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges, both for NORCAP and the rest of the international community, but we proved ourselves adaptive and forward-thinking in facing up to them. It...
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Executive Summary This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during FY20. About the FY20 Annual Report This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during...
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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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Statement 14 October 2020 Today, I met virtually with regional counterparts for our annual Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers' meeting to discuss our work together on priority issues including...
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EWEA: Early Warning & Early Action World Vision (WV) monitors indicators of threats, to anticipate and reduce the impact of disasters, especially for floods, drought, landslides and dzud. By working...
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Strategies for managing disaster risk currently rely on weather forecasts (daily to 10 days) and seasonal predictions (three to six months). Until recently, the subseasonal scale (defined as...
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This publication provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues to date. The 10th edition features policy briefs focusing on the effects of climate change,...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2015/16 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) episode severely affected more than 60 million people around the world. The six-month period from January to June 2016 was the...
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In the wake of El Niño We are living in the most unusually warm period in history and this is taking a huge toll on the world’s most vulnerable. 2015 was the hottest year on record and 2016 looks set...
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Introduction There is agreement in the scientific community that the global food system will experience unprecedented pressure in the coming decades – demographic changes, urban growth, environmental...