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The region’s rapid and sustained economic growth, increasing population, expanding industrialisation and rapid urbanization are driving rapid growth in energy demand. Ensuring that supplies of energy...

With energy demand in Asia and the Pacific forecast to increase by 60 per cent from 2010 to 2035, access to reliable and adequate energy services will remain a focus for decades to come. Countries in...

At the 2005 World Summit, United Nations Member States strongly supported a fair globalization and the attendant goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, particularly through...

This publication is a compilation of presentations, issue papers, summaries, and keynote speeches that constituted the High-Level Segment meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for...

This book is based on the Secretary-General’s report to the High-Level segment of the Economic and Social Council on promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for...

The achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) – ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030 – is challenging for the region. The objective of...

This publication is a compilation of presentations and papers that focus on the topic, Supporting Africa’s Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development. They were presented at the High-Level Segment...

Meeting the ASEAN’s rapid rising energy demand is challenging policymakers while they have tried to balance commitments to global, regional and national agendas on climate change and sustainable...

This book aims to present the key debates that took place in the Economic and Social Council meetings on the theme of the High-Level Segment of 2004, “Resources Mobilization and Enabling Environment...

This publication presents the key debates that took place in the Economic and Social Council meetings on the theme of the high-level segment of 2005 Achieving the Internationally Agreed Development...

This report assesses the ambitions and progress of ESCAP member States in the achievement of global, regional and national sustainable energy objectives, and to discuss solutions to the principal...