The world has changed radically in the year since the Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit, currently facing a global health crisis and the worst economic downturn in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to unravel important achievements on both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris… view more
Webinars
SWITCH Asia
SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Advocacy Component (SWITCH-Asia RPAC) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) organized a webinar to launch a series of policy dialogues on sustainable lifestyles in Asia and an offline course on Circular Economy.
The Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Lifestyles for SCP (with an… view more
YV4CA/Tzu Chi
Background:
Celebrating its 75th year of existence, the United Nations is launching the greatest global conversation of the world this year, encouraging all stakeholders to engage in dialogues on the importance of global cooperation in creating the future we aspire.… view more
FAO/ESCAP/Agreenium
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO eLearning Academy, Agreenium (l'Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). These webinars are an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and lessons learnt,… view more
World Vision
World Vision is holding a webinar to share the findings from their report "Guardians of the Planet - Asia Pacific Children and Youth Consultation on Climate Crisis & Disaster Risk Reduction 2020".
The webinar will be held on September 16, 2020 from 12.00 to 13.30 hours (Bangkok… view more
UNESCAP
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to the right to health today, being responsible for 7 million premature deaths each year. Air pollutants also contribute directly to the climate crisis, endangering health and livelihoods of generations current and future.
The… view more
UN
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This series of sectorial webinars will connect, mobilize and bring new ideas from stakeholders towards the preparation and outreach of the UN Ocean Conference, including the compilation of new Commitments of Ocean Action and progress on previous commitments. Webinars are being planned to mobilize youth, local and regional governments, Asia-… view more
NASA
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- This 4-part introductory webinar focused on data products, data access, and case-studies demonstrating how remote sensing data can be used for decision-making among the agriculture and food security communities.
- Four, one-hour sessions
- Learning Objectives: By the end of this training, attendees will be… view more
UNEP/UNOCHA
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The COVID-19 pandemic has only been the latest, very powerful wakeup call on the links between environment ans emergencies. Disasters, crises and the environment are intrinsically interconncted. Therefore, a key element of emergency response is the rapid identification and mitigation of environmental risks. The UN Environment Programme (… view more
UN ESCAP
COVID-19 is an unprecedented socio-economic crisis and calls for unprecedented policy responses. Asia-Pacific region is no exception.
In this context, an Excel-based model is developed to help countries ensure effective policy design and to align policy responses with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable… view more