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The transition of Asian and Pacific cities to a sustainable future : accelerating action for sustainable urbanization
(United Nations, 2022)
The publication reviews progress towards sustainable urban development in the region, drawing from case studies and best practices compiled in 2021. The report provides a mid-term follow-up on voluntary commitments made ...
Feasibility study on the legal and institutional context in the Pacific : towards the development of a sub-regional instrument on access rights
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>This document presents an outline feasibility study on the Pacific's legal and institutional context and capacities concerning the potential development of a sub-regional instrument on access rights. The first part of ...
Regional Report on Mainstreaming Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in National Urban Policies and Programme in South Asia
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-12-31)
<p>The Regional Report of Mainstreaming Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in National Urban Policies and Programmes in South Asia was prepared with the completion of a project that was implemented in partnership with the ...
Is 1.5°C within reach for the Asia-Pacific region? : ambition and potential of NDC commitments of the Asia-Pacific countries : synopsis
(United Nations, 2021)
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, yet their climate action commitments are also critical to the achievement of 1.5°C goals. So far, 49 member States of the ...
2022 review of climate ambition in Asia and the Pacific : raising NDC targets with enhanced nature-based solutions with a special feature on engagement of children and youth in raising national climate ambition
(United Nations, 2022)
As of August 2022, 39 out of the 49 Asia-Pacific member States included in this report, have made
carbon neutrality and net-zero pledges, and have started developing enabling frameworks to the
support implementation of ...
United Nations 2023 Water Conference Mid-term Review of the Water Action Decade : key messages from the United Nations Regional Commissions
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-03-20)
The United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2018 adopted a resolution on the “Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’ ...
Technical report and recommendations to strengthen environmental impact assessment procedures in ASEAN
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>This technical report examines the practical ways to strengthen environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures in ASEAN to address critical environmental and human rights issues. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and ...
Vertical integration of climate change policies and actions in Asia-Pacific cities
(United Nations, 2020)
In late-2019, few would have imagined that it would be a global pandemic, not climate change, that would dominate the global agenda. While the pandemic continues to demand government attention throughout the Asia-Pacific ...
Sustainable food systems and nutrition healthy dietary patterns
(United Nations, 2020)
Some of the essential transformations needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are elaborated in the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) 2019i and the political declaration of the high-level political ...
Asia-Pacific Futures in 2040 : raising ambitions for a healthy environment
(United Nations, 2021-11)
The Asia Pacific region is exposed to a risk landscape of natural disasters and environmental change, income inequality, gender-based and other socio-cultural discrimination, and economic and political pressures that are ...
