The Introductory session will include the technical presentation on "Features and Benefits of Innovative Wastewater and Solid Waste Solutions". Following this presentation, partner cities will present concrete challenges, issues and opportunities identified, where the provincial and/or the national government plays a critical role.
This issue based on the Statistical Yearbook 2014 (http://www.unescap.org/resources/statistical-yearbook-asia-and-pacific-2014), released on 9 December 2014. It highlights some of the social issues and policy challenges in Asia and the Pacific, some of the links between these issues, and the role of data in making better decisions in future to ensure no one is left behind.
The Pacific is vital, valued and connected to our region and our world.
Pacific Island developing countries are all too often seen as separated by the ocean from each other and from mainland Asia. We can see the Pacific islands in an ocean of isolation, or we can choose to see them situated in an ocean of opportunity.
Green Economy in a Blue World: Pacific Perspectives offers green economy analyses, linked to a range of policy options, to better balance Pacific development in our pursuit of a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable future.
The Concept Note and Draft Programme of the Fourth Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (RPES), Bangkok, 23-24 March 2015.
Owing to demographic changes in Pacific island developing countries and territories, an increasing number of people are entering the labour market in these countries. In order to ensure that new entrants into the labour market are able to be gainfully employed, governments need to implement coherent macroeconomic as well as social policies that encourage growth in employment, especially in the private sector.
Healthy oceans and seas are vital to sustainable development, for both current and future generations. The strong support for a dedicated sustainable development goal on oceans, seas and marine resources is evidence of the importance placed by the global community on the conservation and sustainable management of oceans and seas, both in areas of national jurisdiction and as a global common good.
Welcome to the second newsletter of the Pacific Climate Change and Migration (PCCM) project. The PCCM project is a three year programme funded by the EU and implemented jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The key goals are to strengthen Pacific Island countries’ ability to address the impacts of climate change on migration, but also to strengthen their capacity to use labour migration as a way to adapt to climate change impacts.
