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Over the tipping point: How multiple, overlapping climate and environmental shocks and hazards on children in the East Asia and Pacific region are eroding their coping strategies, exacerbating inequality, and forever changing their futures
Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...
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ADB Annual Report 2022: Building Resilience in Challenging Times
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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World Bank East Asia and the Pacific Economic Update April 2023: Reviving Growth [EN/ID/MN/TH/VN/ZH]
East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds Slowing global growth, commodity prices, financial tightening to weigh in 2023 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – Growth in developing...
Timor-Leste Country Cooperation Strategy: 2021-2025
Overview In the last decade, Timor-Leste has made remarkable progress in strengthening its health system and improving the health status of its population. This has resulted in an increased life...
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Good Practices Brochure: Internally Displaced People with Intersecting Vulnerabilities
Introduction Today there are more internally displaced people worldwide than ever; approximately 59.1 million people have been forced to leave their homes due to armed conflicts, violence or human...
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Asia-Pacific Riskscape @ 1.5°C: Subregional Pathways for Adaptation and Resilience - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions
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...
Timor-Leste: Disaster Management Reference Handbook (March 2022)
About the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Overview The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) is a United States...
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Algunos avances para los niños y las niñas pese al impacto de la pandemia
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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Malgré la pandémie, des avancées pour les droits des enfants
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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Some Progress for Children Despite Pandemic’s Toll
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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UN Day 2021: RC’s Speech – UN Day Reception [EN/Tetum]
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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The 2021 Asia-Pacific Girls Report: Voice, Choice and Power
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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Leaving no one behind: A methodology to identify those furthest behind in accessing opportunities in Asia and the Pacific
Predrag Savić, Jonah Simonds, Ermina Sokou and Yichun Wang Abstract: With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Member States pledged to reduce inequality in...
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Policy Brief: Food security challenges and vulnerability in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), 2021
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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IFC Boosts COVID-19 and Climate Response Efforts in Banner Year for East Asia and Pacific; Announces New Regional Director
Sydney, Australia, August 17, 2021 — With the goal of building resilience among people, businesses, and countries, IFC significantly ramped up its response efforts to tackle the dual crises of...
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NORCAP Annual Report 2020
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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GFDRR Annual Report 2020 - Bringing Resilience to Scale
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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Coinciding crises: how COVID-19 and climate change are putting pressure on health systems worldwide – and how we can prepare for the future
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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Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
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...