Press Releases / Policy & Finance
13 May 2025
Jardine Matheson
Jardine Matheson continues to progress sustainability roadmap
12 May 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Copper supply crunch threatens energy and digital transitions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Digitalisation can reduce persistent inequality in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human development progress slows to 35-year low: UNDP report
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Here’s how buildings contribute to climate change – and what can be done about it
5 May 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific countries endorse bold steps for greener, resilient cities at UN assembly
29 April 2025
27 April 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bridging peace and development at Japan-UNDP dialogue
19 April 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What is the international agreement to protect the high seas and why is it important?
Food and Agriculture Organization
Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
16 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Investing in making complex ideas accessible: Bridging the gap in sustainable finance data
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Overcoming the past: Cambodia's push for universal civil registration
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Rethinking climate finance to work for women in Nepal’s coffee, pashmina value chains
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