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25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
18 August 2025
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh
14 August 2025
29 July 2025
15 July 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN flags low uptake of sustainable trade facilitation measures, support for vulnerable groups
7 July 2025
6 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers
UN Environment Programme
Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation with US$120 million for new projects
3 July 2025
2 July 2025
1 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nations come together to establish new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on chemicals, waste and pollution
20 June 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
What can we see about climate change in macroeconomic data?
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Safer streets, stronger futures: Making road safety everyone’s business
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Major gains in civil registration in Asia and the Pacific, but millions still left behind: UN
12 June 2025
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC and QBE Insurance team up to drive building resilience in Asia Pacific
5 June 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid scorching temperatures, India turns to ideas both old and new to beat the heat
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News / Carbon & Climate
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News / Corporate Responsibility
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News / Carbon & Climate
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Opinion / Water
Iran’s water weapon against the Gulf
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News / Transport & Logistics
Prices of Asia-Pacific’s fertilisers, petrochemicals set to surge on Iran war: ADB
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