Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Leaving No Country Behind
As the region continues to confront the impacts of the pandemic, ESCAP has focused its activities to support its members on how to recover better from COVID-19.
SDG3 Good Health and Well-Being
How Space Technology Applications Contributed to Combating COVID-19: Development of LAPAN Hub COVID-19
Experts at the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) developed the LAPAN Hub COVID-19 to integrate satellite-derived, geospatial and statistical data in a user-friendly interface designed to help decision makers identify high risk areas. This risk data is delivered to the government and public rapidly, in near-real time, and continuously through a reliable platform.
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Understanding the Impact of Climate Change, Disasters, and Crisis on Food Security
This webinar is an effort towards capacity building among youth regarding the impact of climate change on food security as well as steps to tackle and lead a sustainable lifestyles through building resilience, knowledge, and understanding of the crisis of food security.
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Safeguarding the 2030 Agenda by harmonizing climate action plans with green recovery
4 June 2021 – The world is still grappling with the profound economic, social, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These impacts offer a glimpse of what the land use and agriculture sectors will endure if a systemic transformation towards climate resilience is not achieved by 2030. To tackle this challenge, FAO and UNDP are making sure COVID-19 considerations and green recovery are central to countries’ climate action plans for agriculture.
Leveraging Geospatial Data for SDGs in Asia and the Pacific
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) helps countries to access and use geospatial data and applications through capacity development, investing in people, facilitating connections between data and tool suppliers and users, and sharing of practices.
The Asia Pacific Regional Food Systems Dialogue
The Asia Pacific regional food systems dialogue is being organized virtually on 10 June 2021 from 13.00 to 15.30 (BKK time, UTC +7 , verify your time zone here) in preparation of the Global Food Systems Summit.
UNEP Foresight Briefs
Foresight Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue.
How to transition to nutrition-sensitive and sustainable food systems
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (French training and research alliance for agriculture, food, environment and global health), UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), and Future Food Institute. These webinars are an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and lessons learnt, discuss challenges, and propose innovative solutions and models.
How to transition to nutrition-sensitive and sustainable food systems
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (French training and research alliance for agriculture, food, environment and global health), UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), and Future Food Institute. These webinars are an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and lessons learnt, discuss challenges, and propose innovative solutions and models.
Satellite Observations and Tools for Fire Risk, Detection, and Analysis
This 6- part training will be delivered in English and Spanish and will provide lectures and case studies focused on the use of Earth observations for operational fire monitoring: pre-, during-, and post-event.