-
1. No Poverty
-
2. Zero Hunger
-
3. Good Health and Well-Being
-
4. Quality Education
-
5. Gender Equality
-
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
-
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
-
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
-
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
-
10. Reduced Inequalities
-
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
-
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
-
13. Climate Action
-
14. Life Below Water
-
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
-
17. Partnerships for the Goals
-
Countries in Special Situations
-
Office of the Executive Secretary
-
Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development
-
Trade, Investment & Innovation
-
Transport
-
Environment and Development
-
ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction
-
Social Development
-
Statistics
-
Energy
-
Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia
-
Subregional Office for North and Central Asia
-
Subregional Office for South-East Asia
Expert Opinions & Stories
Achieving the SDGs in extraordinary times
The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented period of overlapping crises.
The Covid-19…
After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection of public health and livelihoods.
For countries in Asia and the Pacific,…
Emerging from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy has been shaken yet again, this time by geopolitical events that threaten to set back the nascent post-COVID-19 economic recovery,…
Green recovery policies are still possible
In theory, the pandemic created an opportunity for policymakers to recalibrate existing policies and develop new, innovative strategies to mobilize financial resources and drive a green, inclusive,…
Scale up carbon dioxide removal to achieve climate targets, urge United Nations regional leaders
In a joint statement, the Executive Secretaries of the United Nations Regional Commissions have called for enhanced regional cooperation to develop nature-based and technological solutions for…
If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional…
Resilient economies are possible
Economic and non-economic shocks such as financial crises, natural disasters, and pandemics leave behind permanent scars in economies and societies and result in major setbacks to development gains…
The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on human well-being fully heal.
In the…
The past year is one that few of us will forget. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have played out unevenly across Asia and the Pacific, the region has been spared many of the worst effects…
The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu has joined the ranks of Samoa and the Maldives as one of only six countries to…