UNESCAP: Research and analysis, News and press releases and Resources — December 2020

Building a better post-COVID-19 world and accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda: Regional analysis and policy responses

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Research and analysis

• Ready for the Dry Years: Building resilience to drought in South-East Asia Second Edition (Report – 23 November)

• Geospatial Practices for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific 2020: A Compendium (Report – 18 November)

News and press releases

• The Year Social Protection Finds Its Rightful Place in National Agendas (Blog – 30 November)

• Capacity Building webinar Smart Road and Rail Solutions for Transport Connectivity in the COVID-19 Context (Event 30 November)

• What´s Up, Freight? North and Central-Asian Freighters Leaping Digital Gaps (Blog – 27 November)

• Indonesia to launch national roadmap for clean and affordable energy (Media Advisory – 27 November)

• UN agencies kicked off the UN Joint Programme on policy and financing alignment with SDGs (Press release – 27 November)

• Double impact to the most vulnerable: COVID-19 compounding long-term drought effects in Southeast Asia (Press release – 27 November)

• Ready For The Dry years: Building Resilience To Drought In Southeast Asia (Blog – 27 November)

• Report Launch at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (Speech – 27 November)

• Launch of the Ready for the Dry Years, Second edition at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (Event – 27 November)

• Building a Post-COVID-19 Resilient Economy (Blog – 27 November)

• Pacific Governments Conclude Regional Policy Dialogue on Climate Related Mobility (Press release – 25 November)

• 2020 ASEAN-Korea Youth Summit (Speech – 25 November)

• 12^th RIMES Council Meeting (Speech – 25 November)

• ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) 8^th Meeting (Speech – 25 November)

• Third Asia-Pacific Forum On South-South And Triangular Cooperation (Speech – 25 November)

• Virtual Regional Workshop on Urban Mobility and Impacts of COVID-19 on Mobility (Event – 25 November)

• Third Asia-Pacific Forum for South-South and Triangular Cooperation – The role of South-South Cooperation in Building Back Better from COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and the Pacific (Event – 25 November)

• Asia Pacific Mayors Academy for Sustainable Urban Development 2020-2021 (Speech – 24 November)

• General Assembly of the International Finance Forum (IFF) 2020 Annual Meeting (Speech – 21 November)

• A robust framework for intellectual property is key to inspiring innovation and promoting regional co-operation highlights UN workshop (Press release – 19 November)

• Geospatial data providing timely evidence for COVID-19 mitigation in Asia-Pacific (Press release – 18 November)

• Launch of Geospatial Practices for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific 2020: A Compendium (Event – 18 November)

• Where Are We Going? Geospatial Information For Sustainable Development (Blpg – 18 November)

• Central Asian countries strengthen cooperation to support sustainable economic recovery post-COVID-19 (Press release – 18 November)

• 2020 SPECA Economic Forum: Regional Cooperation To Support Socioeconomic Recovery In the Wake Of COVID-19 (Speech – 18 November)

• 2020 SPECA Economic Forum (Event – 18 November)

• Asia-Pacific countries commit to advance regional cooperation for sustainable connectivity (Press release – 18 November)

• International Conference in Nation-Building 2020: Nation-Building In the Pandemic New Normal (Speech – 18 November)

• Pivoting To Cooperative Policy Outcomes (Blog – 17 November)

• Towards Post-COVID-19 Resilient Economies (Event – 16 November)

• Sixth Session Of The Committee On Transport (Speech – 12 November)

• FACTI Panel High-Level Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation (Speech – 12 November

Resources

• Understanding E-Resilience for Pandemic Recovery in Asia and the Pacific (Public information and advocacy materials – 27 November)

• Status of law enforcement on four major risk factors in the Asia-Pacific region (Public information and advocacy materials – 25 November)

• Sustainable Agriculture Transformation in North and Central Asia (Public information and advocacy materials – 24 November)

• The Covid-19 Pandemic and Violence Against Women in Asia and the Pacific (Public information and advocacy materials – 23 November)

• Replication Studies (Manuals, guidelines, training materials – 23 November)

• Seamless trade and transport connectivity in Asia and the Pacific: regional cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Public information and advocacy materials – 20 November)

• Risk-informed Infrastructure Planning, Central Asia Pilot in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic (Public information and advocacy materials – 19 November)

• Policy Brief: Investing in Accessibility in Asia and the Pacific (Public information and advocacy materials – 19 November)

• Policy Brief: Scenario-based risk analytics for managing cascading disasters (Public information and advocacy materials- 19 November)

• Towards more affordable medicine: A proposal to waive certain obligations from the Agreement on TRIPS (Public information and advocacy materials – 18 November)

• Classification and Regression Trees (CART): A User Reference Guide for Identifying those Left Furthest Behind (Public information and advocacy materials- 18 November)

• A practical guidance tool for 2nd VNRs (Manuals, guidelines, training materials – 16 November)