In November 2000, energy policy makers, business community and NGOs of the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Bali Indonesia to discuss and prepare regional perspectives on energy and sustainable development as a contribution ...

Since 1992, environmental quality in the Region has deteriorated. In advance of the September, 2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), a number of agencies active in the Asia-Pacific Region, including ADB, ...

<p>The Millennium Declaration endorsed by the world’s governments in September 2000 recog- nizes that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are among the most effective ways to “combat poverty, hunger and ...

With the Ministerial Declaration at the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific providing the basis, this publication focuses particularly on eco-efficiency and advocates for a ...

The State of Asian and Pacific Cities 2015 is the second such report published by UN-Habitat (the United Nations Human Settlements Programme) and ESCAP (the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ...

Asia-Pacific is the most disaster-prone region of the world. In recent years, it has faced a series of multiple exogenous shocks that transcend geographical boundaries and endanger our communities. The poor and the vulnerable ...

<p>In 2011 and 2012, a total of 12 national assessments of opportunities for the use of green economy policies to support sustainable development were conducted in Pacific island countries. These assessments revealed a ...

This report is prepared to bring to the attention of decision and policy makers that ICT, in particular green ICT, has an important role to play in stimulating economic activities, advancing social development goals and ...

This publication from 2017, titled Pacific Perspectives, looks at Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Pacific.

The Financing for Transformation: from agenda to action on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific publication provides an opportunity for Asia and the Pacific policymakers and stakeholders, such as those from the ...