Economies in the Asia-Pacific region need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including to maintain their trade competitiveness as carbon taxes at borders threaten to rise, according to a new United Nations report.
A recap of some of Wednesday’s stories: Italy and Mexico take action on climate education; defending Myanmar from genocide accusations; malnutrition in the Asia-Pacific region; the 2020 Palestinian aid plan launched; UN experts on Egypt; and tapering off residual criminal tribunals.
Well over half the world’s undernourished people live in the Asia-Pacific region, making it a critical part of the global push to end extreme hunger and malnutrition in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), cautioned a new United Nations report on Friday.
Violence against women is “pervasive” in the Asia-Pacific region despite laws to prevent it, according to a senior official from the United Nations gender agency, UN Women.
Many countries in the region have found it difficult to implement laws due to impunity for the perpetrators of crimes.
UN Women is working with the authorities in those countries to enforce legislation.
Julia Dean has been speaking to UN Women’s Deputy Regional Director Anna-Karin Jatfors who is based in Thailand.
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The Asia-Pacific region is an economic powerhouse but urgently needs to rethink its economic strategy if it’s to stay that way, UN experts said Thursday.
Latest data from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) shows that although the region is likely to see stable growth in 2017, productivity is down and inequality growing.
The Asia-Pacific region must create more and better jobs to turn its population challenges into an opportunity, a new UN report has advised.
The Human Development Report 2016 compiled by the UN Development Programme or UNDP suggests innovative policies for maximizing the potential of changing demographics.