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14 October 2024
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
New fund to support chemicals and waste management in developing economies
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Poverty is rising and inequality widening in Asia and the Pacific, new UN report reveals
8 October 2024
UN Global Compact Network Singapore
UN Global Compact Network Singapore announces revamped Carbon Emissions Recording Tool
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asean, ESCAP launch regional investment plan to boost sustainable FDI
26 September 2024
25 September 2024
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
UAE Council for Climate Action reviews progress in national climate initiatives, final preparations for COP29
Philippine Marketing Association
Philippine Marketing Association to address AI, sustainability challenges at StratMark Student Conference 2024
24 September 2024
22 September 2024
14 September 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Groundbreaking international guidelines empower businesses to accelerate SDG achievement
8 September 2024
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
New air quality management platform to support global clean air action
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific governments commit to collaborate on innovative solutions to bridge digital divide, drive sustainability
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
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
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News / Carbon & Climate
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