UN ESCAP

Engaging major groups and other stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening the seventh Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok on 25 – 27 March 2020.This is ...

The Asia-Pacific region faces a daunting spectrum of natural hazards. Indeed, many countries could be reaching a tipping point beyond which disaster risk, fuelled by climate change, exceeds their capacity to respond.This Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2019 shows how these disasters are closely linked to inequality ...

Rapid urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, along with the region’s unsustainable consumption and production practices and extractive economy, is intensifying risks and vulnerabilities, contributing to resource scarcity and depletion of biodiversity and ecosystems services. Of all resources, energy, water and food/land are the most ...

Across the Asia and the Pacific, civil society organizations (CSOs) and peoples’ movements have accumulated experiences and lessons in direct involvement of communities in development processes that led to the adoption of policies and programmes at the national, regional and global levels.Participants will be able to ...

The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.The sixth Forum, as in previous years, will serve as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and will engage member States, United Nations ...

Organised by ESCAP and hosted by the Government of Thailand, the Summit will explore how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to promote social and economic impact and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. It will showcase research and spark discussion on creating an enabling environment for ...

Despite steady economic growth in recent decades, the countries with special needs (CSN) in Asia and the Pacific continue to grapple with high rates of extreme income poverty. This is particularly the case in LDCs such as Timor-Leste (30%), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (23%), and ...

Researchers and field experts of development cooperation in East and Northeast Asia region mostly from China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation are gathering in the fifth North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum from 14 to 15 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This year, ...

The Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on STI Policy (ARTNET on STI Policy) is the knowledge community focused on science, technology & innovation policies for sustainable development. It offers a platform to share findings of academic research & their policy implications, reflects on current STI policy issues, ...

The objective of the exhibition is to provide additional informal space for member states, civil society, UN agencies and other stakeholders to share good practices for integrated and inclusive approaches for issues related to the Committee on Information and Communications Technology & Science, Technology and ...