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1 September 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Ensuring everyone counts: working together to include stateless and displaced persons in civil registration systems
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems, UN finds
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
A regional agreement aims to save a tropical paradise in trouble
24 August 2024
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
G20 recommendations: advancing a nature-positive economy and just transition
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Indonesia sets path for climate-friendly cooling with National Cooling Action Plan
Food and Agriculture Organization
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
18 August 2024
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Asean celebrates a connected, resilient community on 57th anniversary
17 August 2024
United Nations Environment Programme
As landscapes heal, Nepal’s most iconic animals stage a comeback
International Labour Organization
More countries affirm support for ending the gender pay gap by 2030
15 August 2024
11 August 2024
Philippine House of Representatives
Philippine Congress committee passes landmark bill to drive national decarbonisation, economic growth
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN ministerial conference to promote Asia and the Pacific as hub of digital innovation
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP, ADB renew partnership to accelerate sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific by 2030
6 August 2024
Zoological Society of London
A window of opportunity for climate change and biodiversity
International Labour Organization
More workers than ever are losing the fight against heat stress
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Surge to 2030: Philippines to host Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
UNDP Malaysia
UNDP launches Malaysia Island Innovation Challenge
25 July 2024
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