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Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States

Results of the UNEP/UN DESA Foresight Process

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: November 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

The 2012 UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Global Environmental Issues primarily identified emerging environmental issues and possible solutions on a global scale and perspective. In 2013, UNEP...

The 2012 UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Global Environmental Issues primarily identified emerging environmental issues and possible solutions on a global scale and perspective. In 2013, UNEP...


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Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development 2018

Energy Transition Pathways for the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development
( Print: May 2018, PDF: May 2018 )

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...

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...


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Regional Trends Report 2016

Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development
( Print: March 2017, PDF: March 2017 )

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...

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...


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Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development 2023

Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development 2023

Closing the Gap for SDG 7 in the Asia-Pacific Region

Series: Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development
( Print: November 2023, PDF: October 2023 )

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...

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...


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Regional Energy Trends Report 2020

Tracking SDG 7 in the ASEAN Region

Series: Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development
( Print: April 2021, PDF: May 2021 )

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...

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...


Alternative Development in the Andean Area

The UNDCP Experience

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: October 2000 )

This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...

This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...


Demand Reduction

A Glossary of Terms - Guidelines

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2000 )

This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...

This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...


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Trends in Sustainable Development

Small Island Developing States 2010

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: September 2010, PDF: April 2012 )

Issued in support of the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the report highlights the...

Issued in support of the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the report highlights the...


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Improving Employment Opportunities in Pacific Island Developing Countries

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: March 2008, PDF: April 2008 )

This regional study reviews the labour market in selected countries of the Pacific, the policies which are currently in place and current labour market operations as a result of these policies. It...

This regional study reviews the labour market in selected countries of the Pacific, the policies which are currently in place and current labour market operations as a result of these policies. It...


Alternative Development in the Andean Area

The UNDCP Experience - Revised Edition

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2001 )

This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...

This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...


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Regional Trends Report 2021

Shaping a Sustainable Energy Future in Asia and the Pacific - A Greener, More Resilient and...

Series: Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development
( Print: April 2021, PDF: May 2021 )

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...

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...