SDG10 Reduced Inequalities

IIIEE: Greening the Economy - Sustainable Cities

This course will explore sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. Sustainable urban transformation refers to structural transformation processes – multi-dimensional and radical change – that can effectively direct urban development towards ambitious sustainability and climate goals. We will connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability. We will examine visions, experiments and innovations in urban areas.

Six Stories, Six Paths to Development: Online Platforms as Drivers of Inclusive Growth

To the hundreds of millions of people in Asia with access to the web, online platforms have emerged as valuable tools for navigating this connected world. In sectors as diverse as finance, logistics, cross-border trade, talent acquisition, household services, and the traditional buying and selling of goods, online platforms are reshaping the way people interact and businesses operate. By 2020, over a billion people in the Asia-Pacific alone will be served by platforms. This paper provides a set of recommendations to policymakers, development actors, and regional and national leaders.

Cities and the Challenge of Sustainable Development – SDG Academy

Get an introduction to the topic of urban sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals in this mini-series course. This course is offered free of charge by the SDG Academy.

Cities are a core component of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This free mini-series from the SDG Academy is a companion piece to its full-length Sustainable Cities course and also serves as a brief introduction to the topic of urban sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Social Innovation Atlas

The Atlas of Social Innovation offers a comprehensive overview of the world of Social Innovation in a lucid way. It gives insights into the various types of social innovations in different world regions and policy areas, delivering new intelligence on the diversity of approaches used by different actors involved.

Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing Asia-Pacific

Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing Asia-Pacific is the thematic report of the Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership for 2017. Addressing the theme of the 2017 session of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, it supports regional and global dialogue on sustainable development – as well as national and regional implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific: Turning resource constraints and the climate crisis into economic growth opportunities

The Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific is offered to member States to help their policymakers turn the till-now trade-off between the ecological crisis and economic growth into a synergy in which resource constraints and climate crisis become opportunities for the growth necessary to reduce poverty in the region.

Despite the increasing demands for policy options to make economic development green, a clear blueprint that can lead us to a green economy, especially developing countries, is not yet readily available.