Pakistan has the highest rate of urbanisation in South Asia. According to the 2017 Population Census, 36.4% of the population lives in urban areas. The UN Population Division estimates that, by 2025, ...
Generation Trust: A Global Climate Story in the Making is a new documentary by Youth4Climate, an initiative co-led by UNDP and the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, following ...
The Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP) for Indonesia Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has been released for public comment. The Indonesia JETP is a agreement to mobilize USD 20 ...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ...
The UN Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) is a unique collaborative effort that brings together UN entities, governments ...
The SDGs are a global pledge to end to poverty, reduce inequality and protect our planet for future generations, by the year 2030. This calls for unprecedented investments and cooperation across all ...
The Peoples’ Climate Vote is the world’s largest standalone public opinion survey on climate change. It serves as a platform for people to express their concerns and needs on climate change to world ...
With 1.2 million respondents, the Peoples' Climate Vote is the largest survey of public opinion on climate change ever conducted. Using a new and unconventional approach to polling, results span 50 ...
This discussion paper examines how drug policy affects sustainable development, human rights, governance, health, and the environment. It underscores that punitive enforcement has largely failed, ...
For the first time in the 32 years that UNDP have been calculating it, the Human Development Index, which measures a nation’s health, education, and standard of living, has declined globally for two ...
Work begins to protect Tuvalu from rising sea levels. In the Pacific Island country of Tuvalu, the sea level has been quietly creeping upwards for years. By 2050, it is estimated that half the capital ...
The military escalation in the Middle East poses significant risks to economic stability and human development across Asia and the Pacific through its effects on energy markets, trade, and global ...