Tag: UN
UN forum opens with a call for greater regional cooperation to ensure sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific
The 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened...
Ambition Loop To Tackle Climate Change
Considering the fact that the governments across the world are lagging behind in meeting the SDG targets, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
CSR: Report on The Progress of SDGs
The United Nations had launched highly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. The comprehensive SDGs covered a variety of subjects from reducing carbon...
CSR: Saving The Health of Soil
Soil health has suffered a lot over the years because of rampant agriculture. In fact, Maria Helena Semedo, a deputy director at the UN’s...
Road safety must be a priority
In March 2010, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the decade between 2011-2020 as the Decade of Road Safety. As a part of the Sustainable...
CSR: Human Rights Violations at Rise in Asia
Human rights have seen the worst of times in Asia, especially in recent years according to a report by the United Nations Declaration on...
CSR: Securing The Food For Future
The global food system is expected to feed a world population of 9.8 billion by 2050. However, it is under threat from all sides....
Asia-Pacific not on track to achieve any Sustainable Development Goal by 2030
On its current trajectory, Asia and the Pacific will not achieve any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to a...
CSR: Rise of Wildlife Crimes in India
India is only 2.4 per cent of the world's land area but contributes about 8 per cent of known global wildlife, including over 45,000...
CSR: Challenges of Solar in India
In recent times clean energy is getting a lot of attention across the globe. With increasing temperatures because of excess use of fossil fuels,...
Regional UN training promotes conservation agriculture to address land degradation and declining yields
Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 15 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural...
CSR: Growth at the Price of Life
The global economy is growing at a rapid speed. However, the price for this growth is being paid by nature in the most horrendous...
