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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Guiding light: How solar power is providing a lifeline to blackout-prone Asian villages
Like many in the central Philippines village of Tabon, Analyn Fedelis makes a living fishing at night. That’s when many fish come closer to the surface and are easier to …
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating …
Gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, and other forms of exploitation continue to endanger women at all stages of …
Wilmar International
Shaping the futures of estates: Harnessing mechanisation to elevate and future-proof the plantation workforce
Mechanisation is often misunderstood as a means to replace people with machines. In reality, it is about empowering …
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14 October 2025
6 October 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Myanmar’s youth 'on hold' as education and employment crisis deepens
22 September 2025
World Economic Forum
Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050
7 September 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Indonesia launches CRISP project to build climate-resilient, inclusive communities
25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
3 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As fashion's environmental toll mounts, these small clothes makers embrace sustainability
18 July 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP and Republic of Korea launch global early recovery initiative for crisis-hit communities
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
20 June 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Enhancing policy coherence to bridge the sustainable finance gap in Asia and the Pacific
11 June 2025
30 May 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Navigating trade headwinds: Asia and the Pacific must reinforce trade resilience amid global uncertainty
25 May 2025
12 May 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human development progress slows to 35-year low: UNDP report
27 April 2025
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