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Pathways to adaptation and resilience in South‑East Asia : subregional report
No full textPathways to Adaptation and Resilience in the South-east Asia takes forward analysis of the Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021 and demonstrates how the subregion is being affected by various climatological risk parameters, and where new hotspots of exposure and vulnerability to climate-induced, cascading multi-hazard scenarios are being created. The report notes critical solutions and recommends that the subregion implements customized adaptation and resilience pathways with emphasis on risk-informed development policies and investments, technological innovations and subregional cooperation approaches. These measures can accelerate the progress of countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.</p
Towards universal social protection
Get PDFUniversality, or the achievement of universal social protection, has been endorsed by the international community and in the region as a key objective of social protection. Solidarity and trust in public systems, including through universal social protection, will underpin the advancement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, understanding often remains unclear around what universality entails in terms of systems, schemes, combinations of non-contributory and contributory benefits, and eligibility.
This paper aims to build understanding of the underlying concepts around universality through first providing a brief trajectory of universality in section 2, before exploring why universal coverage must be achieved in section 3. In section 4 the paper looks at the key lifecycle and labour market contingencies that should be covered while section 5 provides a simplified definition of universality. Section 6 then explores ways forward to achieve universality through a single scheme or multiple schemes. Section 7 provides options to move toward progressively achieving universal coverage within contexts of limited fiscal space. Finally, section 8 discusses the important linkages between universality and the social contract.</p
Summary assessment : Fourth Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development : 26 October 2022 Jakarta and online
Get PDFThe Fourth Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development was co-hosted by ESCAP and Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in Jakarta and online on 26 October 2022. A questionnaire assessing the relevance, effectiveness and quality of the meeting was distributed to all participants. The assessment aims to inform the secretariat’s ongoing efforts to improve its servicing its intergovernmental meetings.</p
Ocean and climate synergies : from ocean warming to rising sea levels
Get PDFThis working paper compiles major impacts of climate change on the ocean, focusing on ocean warming, rising sea levels and ocean acidification. It compiles the reports and projections about ocean and climate in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing on extreme weather events, heatwave, coral bleaching, fish migration, degradation of the marine ecosystems, and biodiversity. It also provides sea-level calculations based on satellite data and statistical tools with Asia and Pacific regional examples.</p
Digital and sustainable trade facilitation in North and Central Asia 2021
No full textThis report presents the results of the 2021 United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation for eight countries in North and Central Asia, reviewing the progress of trade facilitation reforms and provides a detailed analysis based on 58 trade facilitation measures covering both binding and non-binding WTO TFA measures, as well as measures beyond the scope of the WTO TFA.
The analysis presented in this report confirms that digital trade facilitation measures can result in significant benefits to the countries in the subregion. Full Implementation of binding and non-binding WTO TFA measures could decrease trade costs by 5.7%. In contrast, digital trade facilitation measures, enabling the seamless electronic exchange of trade data and documents across borders, will help reduce trade costs by 13% for North and Central Asia in a full implementation scenario. In this regard, the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (CPTA) could support countries in gradually moving to "less paper" and then to paperless and cross-border paperless trade by providing a dedicated, inclusive and capacity-building focused intergovernmental platform.</p
Energy transition pathways for the 2030 agenda: sustainable energy transition road map for Chiang Rai province, Thailand
No full textThe Sustainable Energy Transition Road Map for Chiang Rai Province has two main objectives. First, it aims to establish a scenario baseline for 2019-2030, considering the current policy settings. Second, it identifies the measures and technological options that could raise Chiang Rai’s efforts to align with the SDG 7 targets, national targets as well as achieving deep decarbonization of its energy system. The four scenarios are presented in this road map:
• The Current Policy scenario (CPS), which has been developed based on existing policies and plans and used to identify the gaps in existing initiatives in aligning with the SDG 7 targets and national targets and commitment towards the Paris Agreement;
• The Sustainable Energy Transition (SET) scenario, which presents technological options and policy measures that will help the city to align its development with the SDG 7 targets and national targets;
• The Sustainable Transport strategies (STS) explore how the province can further transition its transport sector through a greater degree of mass public transport and electric vehicles usage.
• The Towards Net Zero (TNZ) scenario, the most ambitious scenario, looks at a pathway for moving towards a net zero society in the near future, through decarbonizing the electricity supply, fuel substitution and more ambitious electrification.</p
Report of High-level policy dialogue on E-Commerce and digital marketing : challenges and opportunities for women-led SMEs in South Asia
No full textA High-Level Policy Dialogue on E-Commerce and Digital Marketing: Challenges and Opportunities for Women-led SMEs in South Asia’ was convened by South and South-West Asia Office (SSWA) of UNESCAP in collaboration with Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), Geneva and South Asia Network on the SDGs (SANS) on 15-16 December 2022. The two-day event has been organized as part of the culmination of the project “E-Commerce Capacity Building for Women-led MSMEs in South Asia”. With an aim to advance towards achievements of SDGs, this workshop brought together stakeholders with varied expertise for thought-provoking dialogue and policy advocacy on various aspects impacting women entrepreneurs and evoke discussions on the way ahead. Ms. Mikiko Tanaka, Director and Head, ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, New Delhi delivered the opening remarks along with Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, EIF, Geneva. Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India gave special remarks at the inaugural session. A High-Level Policy Dialogue on E-Commerce and Digital Marketing: Challenges and Opportunities for Women-led SMEs in South Asia’ was convened by South and South-West Asia Office (SSWA) of UNESCAP in collaboration with Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), Geneva and South Asia Network on the SDGs (SANS) on 15-16 December 2022. The two-day event has been organized as part of the culmination of the project “E-Commerce Capacity Building for Women-led MSMEs in South Asia”. With an aim to advance towards achievements of SDGs, this workshop brought together stakeholders with varied expertise for thought-provoking dialogue and policy advocacy on various aspects impacting women entrepreneurs and evoke discussions on the way ahead. Ms. Mikiko Tanaka, Director and Head, ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, New Delhi delivered the opening remarks along with Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, EIF, Geneva. Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India gave special remarks at the inaugural session. </p
2022 : Leaving no one behind : Nepal country brief
No full textLeaving No One Behind (LNOB) tool helps discover how different circumstances interact to create unequal access to basic opportunities in Asia and the Pacific. The LNOB country brief for Nepal provides insights into which groups are further ahead and further behind in various SDG indicators and where the biggest gaps are found in terms of access to opportunities or prevalence of barriers between the furthest behind and the furthest ahead groups in Nepal. </p