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Green growth at a glance : the way forward for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)
<p>In the Asian and Pacific region, facing ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic and human security, how will we cope with all these added pressures? How will ...
Building community resilience
(United Nations, 2018)
Building resilience in Ocean Cities of the Pacific region is key to converting challenges and risks communities face into opportunities for systemic transformation toward sustainable development. Island settlements at the ...
SDG 6 Data and monitoring in Asia and the Pacific: existing initiatives, gaps, and recommendations
(United Nations, 2019-08)
<p>SDG 6 Data and Monitoring in Asia and the Pacific: Existing Initiatives, Gaps, and Recommendations examines the current status of data monitoring for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on water and sanitation for all. ...
SDG 14 Accelerator : a methodological guide
(United Nations, 2019)
The work presented here provides a step by step approach for developing an Accelerator Action Plan for SDG 14. The methodology uses policy tracking, interconnections between SDGs and participatory scenario planning to ...
Sustainable Development Goals
(UN.ESCAP, 2022)
<p>UN ESCAP has designed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) booklets in English, Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Japanese. These booklets, detailing the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets, are a perfect desk resource for fast ...
Accelerating one health in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2022)
The health of humans, animals, and the environment are closely intertwined—human health in particular heavily depends on the health of the others. Unsustainable practices in agriculture, natural resources management, ...
How has the Asia-Pacific region performed in reducing inequality over the last 20 years?
(United Nations, 2018)
This policy brief discusses some important channels through which environmental degradation can exacerbate income inequality both within and between countries. It suggests some policy responses that can be taken to break ...
SDG 12 : Responsible consumption and production : ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
(United Nations, 2018)
The region has regressed on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and urgently needs to reverse material consumption and footprint trends to meet the goal, notwithstanding progress on individual targets. Rising ...
Re-naturing urbanization
(United Nations, 2018)
Addressing environmental challenges and integrating Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal settlements can provide social and economic benefits as well as strengthen resilience in Pacific islands. In Ocean Cities at the ...
The ocean and the city
(United Nations, 2018)
Ocean Cities are where landscapes and seascapes meet, where human behaviour and urban development have a profound impact on marine health and climate change. Marine and coastal ecosystems are the largest carbon sink in the ...