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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
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
17 August 2024
United Nations Environment Programme
As landscapes heal, Nepal’s most iconic animals stage a comeback
15 August 2024
11 August 2024
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
7 August 2024
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
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
As global crises join forces, world must adopt forward-looking approach to protect human and planetary health
21 July 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New joint UN report calls for urgent action to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies to prevent risks to all SDGs
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP, FDI Center launch pledge to advance gender equality in foreign direct investment
15 July 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP welcomes Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Initiative
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Fund for Coral Reefs approves more than US$25 million in additional funding for resilience action
9 July 2024
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