Tag: Asia-Pacific

The region will miss all or most of the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless efforts are accelerated between now and 2030

“In many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, states used emergency regulations ... to block or disrupt protests and detain protesters"

While the epidemic is declining in several Asia Pacific countries, there are rebounds in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines, among others

Western powers have expressed concern over leaked plans to expand China's influence in the South Pacific

Deciding how nations divide the task of achieving climate targets under an accord reached in Paris in 2015 poses a major challenge

The gathering of religious leaders noted that the region “is not yet in peace and necessitates genuine efforts for further reconciliation”

"Attempts to draw ideological lines or form small circles on geo-political grounds are bound to fail," said China's Xi

Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption even as the region struggles with the impacts of global warming

COP26 will bring together representatives from 196 countries and the EU for the biggest climate conference since 2015

Plastic particles have infiltrated even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet