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International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
General Assembly Resolution declaring 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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Keeping an Eye on SDG 15: Working with countries to measure indicators for forests and mountains
The brochure presents the three indicators under SDG 15, for which FAO is the custodian agency: 15.1.1-Forest area as a proportion of total land area, 15.2.1-Progress towards...
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Declaration on Institutionalising the Resilience of Asean and its Communities and Peoples to Disasters and Climate Change
Declaration to institutionalize climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction and management in ASEAN
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Promoting regional cooperation for enhanced energy security and the sustainable use of energy in Asia and the Pacific
Resolution 67/2, adopted at the sixty-seventh session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, annexed to the present resolution, in which it, inter alia,...
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The adoption of 'Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ represents the culmination of efforts to develop a successor to the Millennium Development...
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Regional Cooperation for Energy Transition towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies in Asia and the Pacific
The Second Asian and Pacific Energy Forum, which was held in Bangkok from 3 to 5 April 2018, adopted the Ministerial Declaration on Regional Cooperation for Energy Transition...
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Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report - Executive Summary
The world is not currently on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), which calls for ensuring “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for...
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Finance for Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific: A Regional Action Agenda to Access Debt Capital Markets
Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are historically the least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions that result in climate change, but are most vulnerable to its...
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
The Sendai Framework is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should...
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ESCAP input for the Secretary-General’s Background Note for the Preparatory Meeting of the UN Conference to Support the Implementation of SDG 14
Resolution 72/9 aims to enhance the understanding of the capacity development needs to implement SDG 14 by developing a regional assessment. This regional assessment will...
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Even as more new species are found, Southeast Asia is in the grip of a biodiversity crisis
Rich in wildlife, Southeast Asia includes at least six of the world’s 25 “biodiversity hotspots” – the areas of the world that contain an exceptional concentration of species,...
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Mekong River: In the Economy
This Mekong River in the Economy (MRitE) report is intended to reframe the debate around development and water resources management. The focus of the report is to reduce the...
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Drivers Affecting Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): An Overview
The study had two main thrusts: 1. To assess the positive and negative drivers affecting forests in the GMS 2. To propose a regional action plan to tackle the negative drivers...
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FRA 2015: Terms and Definitions
FAO has been coordinating global forest resources assessments every five to ten years since 1946. The assessments have to a great extent contributed to the improvement of...
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Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
A brief description of Millennium Development Goal 8
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Goal 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
Sustainable Development Goal 9 addresses three important aspects of sustainable development: infrastructure, industrialization and innovation. Infrastructure provides the basic...
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A Global Perspective on SDG 9
2017 HLFP Thematic Review of SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. This background note has been...
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ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) 2016-2025
Following the adoption of the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) 2016-2025 at the 16th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, and Technology...
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ASEAN in Achieving SDGs with STI
This is a concept note for ASEAN NEXT's Regional Consultation on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Science, Technology and Innovation which was held on March 20,...
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Goal 11-Cities Will Play an Important Role in Achieving the SDGs
A vision for cities has never been more important than it is today. More than half of the world’s inhabitants live in cities and this migration trend is expected to continue. By...