The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been promoting decentralized and Integrated Resource Recovery Centers (IRRCs) in secondary cities and small towns in Asia-Pacific with ...

<p>The fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-5) was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 20-25 June 2011. It was organized by ESCAP in conjunction with more than 30 partner organizations within and outside the United Nations ...

<p>GIZ is implementing the Regional Project &ldquo;Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus&rdquo; or &ndash; in brief &ndash; &ldquo;GIZ Nexus&rdquo;. The project is commissioned by German Federal ...

The diversity of the issues covered by this report required the collaboration of a large community of experts and practitioners based in the region and beyond. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ...

Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing Asia-Pacific is the thematic report of the Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership for 2017. Addressing the theme of the 2017 session of the high-level political forum on ...

Environment-related sustainable development goals have shown the least progress across Asia-Pacific countries. In tandem, regional reports, civil society and the news call attention to the increased vulnerability and ...

Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies in Asia and the Pacific addresses the theme of the <a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/apfsd5">5th Asia- Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development</a> and the ...

Now more than ever, the region's development is reliant on its transport system. Whether to carry manufactured and agricultural products to international markets, food to rural and urban communities, workers to their jobs, ...

Asia-Pacific remains the region with the largest proportion of natural disasters in the world. The devastating earthquake in April 2015 in Nepal; the typhoons: Pam in April 2015 in Vanuatu, Haiyan in 2013, and Pablo in ...