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Cooling services account for 45 per cent of electricity use nationally. Heat stress in Cambodia leads to an annual GDP loss of at least US$1.12 billion. Sustainable cooling is key to protect…

Agricultural activities are essential for our economies and well-being. Yet farmers are amongst the most vulnerable groups in our societies, with limited income opportunities and activity volatile to…

On the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent crises, the region is fast losing ground on its ability to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Ninth Asia-Pacific Forum on…

Countries across the globe have made progress on digitalizing international trade formalities during the COVID-19 pandemic, but stronger efforts are needed to facilitate trade for small and medium…

Countries across the globe are continuing to move towards a seamless and efficient trading environment, within and beyond national borders, by simplifying and digitalizing formalities in…

The Fifth Meeting of the Thematic Working Groups of the Asian and Pacific Network for Testing of Agricultural Machinery (ANTAM) today closed with the endorsement of a quality manual for a proposed…

The 2019 Asia-Pacific Regional High-Level Forum on Green Economy taking place during 10-12 June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, is the result of the success of the annual, since 2014, World Green Economy…

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 13 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia today underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural machinery to…

To speed up sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations’ regional development arm has committed to cooperating with the government of China on a wide range of areas at the…

In its annual report, Survey 2019: Ambitions beyond growth, launched today, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - the UN’s regional arm - says that an additional…