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UN Forum Calls For Enhanced Role Of Cities In National Climate Action, Localizing The SDGs
Monday, 21 October 2024, 5:20 am | UN ESCAP
The eighth session of the Committee on Environment and Development brought together high-level government officials, urban leaders, top experts and other stakeholders to exchange views on strengthening multilateral cooperation on environment and development ... More >>
Poverty Is Rising And Inequality Widening In Asia And The Pacific, New UN Report Reveals
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 8:31 pm | UN ESCAP
The findings in Protecting our Future Today: Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific report reveal that poverty, both in monetary and non-monetary forms, is rising while inequalities in income and wealth are widening across the region. More >>
Governments, Tech Experts Gather To Boost Regional Commitments Towards Digital Inclusion And Transformation
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:03 pm | UN ESCAP
Policymakers and industry experts today underscored the critical need to bridge the vast digital divide in the region, further calling for breakthrough solutions, more harmonized policy frameworks and increased investments toward scalable innovations ... More >>
Harnessing Private Sector Expertise For Better Sustainable Infrastructure
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:35 pm | UN ESCAP
For developing countries seeking to involve private sector expertise and finance in building better, greener projects, the recommendations arising from the ESBN’s discussions of infrastructure are vital reading. More >>
Unleashing Youth-led Digital Innovation For Climate Action And Sustainable Development
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:25 pm | UN ESCAP
Youth play a critical role due to their ability to rapidly adopt and utilize new technologies, and their innovative spirit, fresh perspectives and passion are vital for creating digital solutions for complex challenges. More >>
Launch Of The UN Trade Digitalization Index
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:10 pm | UN ESCAP
The UN Trade Digitalization Index, a joint effort of the five UN regional commissions and UNCTAD, measures the extent to which trade digitalization has progressed in over 160 countries and provides a new basis for evidence-based policy making in this important ... More >>
UN Urges Regional Cooperation To Accelerate Digitalization Of Cross-border Trade Procedures
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:04 am | UN ESCAP
The central element of the Week was the CPTA, a UN treaty aimed at accelerating the implementation of digital trade measures for trade and development. More >>
UN Forum Catalyzes Collective Action To Make Feminist Finance A Reality For Asia And The Pacific
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 4:45 am | UN ESCAP
The Forum convened more than 350 key players in the regional financial ecosystem, bringing together governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, development partners, international organizations and women entrepreneurs, women-led businesses ... More >>
Countries Resolve To Leverage Innovation, Promote Digital Inclusion For Those Furthest Behind
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:33 am | UN ESCAP
Governments from across Asia and the Pacific agreed today to harness technological advancements and digital innovation for sustainable development, with special attention to the region’s most vulnerable countries and population groups. The United Nations ... More >>
UN Policy Forum Opens With Call For Region To Embrace Digital Opportunities And Innovate For Sustainable Development
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4:44 am | UN ESCAP
More than 800 participants from 61 member States, associate members and permanent observers as well as representatives from academia, international organizations, youth, business and civil society are attending the session this week. More >>
Governments Convene At UN To Deliberate Digital Pathways To Accelerate Region’s Sustainable Development
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:04 pm | UN ESCAP
Asia and the Pacific is uniquely placed to leverage digital technologies to overcome sustainable development challenges. More >>
Costs On The Rise And Volatile, But Trade Facilitation Could Mitigate Challenges Ahead
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:22 am | UN ESCAP
Despite high implementation rates in various trade facilitation reforms in the region, progress in paperless trade has been slow and uneven, while growing geopolitical tensions and heightened inflation have further made business between countries more ... More >>
New Perspectives And Approaches Needed To Boost Affordable And Long-term Financing In Asia And The Pacific
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:16 am | UN ESCAP
Donors should prioritize the development financing needs of recipient countries over political interests. Multilateral development banks need to improve their lending capacities, including through fresh capital injections. More >>
UN Forum Urges Commitments Be Translated Into Concrete Actions In Asia & The Pacific, Ahead Of ‘Pact For The Future’
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 5:46 pm | UN ESCAP
The 11th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) opened today in Bangkok with a resounding call for countries to take urgent, accelerated actions supported by strong, sustained multilateral cooperation – or risk falling further behind ... More >>
Asian and Pacific countries at UN forum agree on measures to shape energy transition, address climate crisis
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 5:46 am | UN ESCAP
Asian and Pacific countries agreed today on measures to shape the future of energy use and generation, and to address climate change in a region that consumes more than 40 per cent of the world’s power and generates more than half of global greenhouse ... More >>
UN Forum To Explore Sustainable And Resilient Energy Future For Asia And The Pacific
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 6:48 pm | UN ESCAP
The Asia-Pacific region is responsible for more than 40 per cent of the energy consumed and over 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions produced globally. Its rapid growth in demand for energy is poised to continue in the coming years. This creates ... More >>
New UN Survey Highlights Progress In Global Trade Facilitation Despite Polycrisis Disruptions
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 6:01 am | UN ESCAP
Persisting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical turbulence and high inflation continue to challenge international trade. Despite these global disruptions, countries are continuing to move towards a seamless and efficient trading environment by simplifying ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt 10 UN Resolutions Reaffirming Commitments To Protect The Planet And Its People
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 4:56 pm | UN ESCAP
Governments from across Asia and the Pacific today endorsed a UN resolution to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact. They re-committed to immediately curb greenhouse gas emissions – of which the region accounts for over half of the ... More >>
Leaders Gather At Annual UN Policy Forum To Tackle Asia And The Pacific’s Most Daunting Threat – Climate Change
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 2:49 pm | UN ESCAP
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 79th session in Bangkok today, with global and regional leaders calling for urgent action to combat climate change and its dire impacts. They urged countries ... More >>
Regional UN Forum Urges Countries To Rescue The Sustainable Development Goals Amidst Compounding Crises
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 10:07 pm | UN ESCAP
Never before have development gains in Asia and the Pacific been at such risk of being swept away by overlapping and intensifying crises. The Tenth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) opened today in Bangkok with a resounding call ... More >>
