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15 August 2023
UN Development Programme
Ten countries to bag UNDP's 2023 Equator Prize
30 July 2023
United Nations Development Programme
Less than 1 percent of women, girls live in countries with high women’s empowerment, high gender parity
13 July 2023
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change
3 July 2023
Monetary Authority of Singapore
MAS, SGX Group to collab with Climate Data Steering Committee to strengthen global access to climate transition-related data
27 June 2023
Asean Centre for Biodiversity
PH hosts Asean meet to plan regional actions to hit new global biodiversity targets
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
MSMEs to unlock new access to sustainable finance
13 June 2023
5 June 2023
31 May 2023
International Energy Agency
IEA, Singapore’s Energy Market Authority collaborate to enhance capabilities in regional power grids
23 May 2023
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific countries adopt 10 UN resolutions reaffirming commitments to protect the planet and its people
18 May 2023
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX)
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX) releases position paper: How plastic credits are supporting Global Plastics Treaty
21 February 2023
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO, SEED launch SDG Agrifood Accelerator Programme for innovators
15 February 2023
International Water Association
IWA-Grundfos UN Water Conference youth delegates announced
1 February 2023
Clean Arctic Alliance
NGOs call on UN shipping body to reduce underwater noise impact on marine life
10 January 2023
10 October 2022
26 September 2022
14 September 2022
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
'Just transition' pushed by experts, activists and sectors amid record floods, droughts in Asia
12 September 2022
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