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UN Backs New Regional Roadmap to Tackle Asia-Pacific Pollution
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A new UN-backed regional agenda aims to align policies and funding as data reveals 88% of environmental development goals are on track to be missed
Key facts
- Governments across Asia and the Pacific have agreed a new regional agenda to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution through more coordinated action, reflecting growing recognition that the region's most pressing
- Convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) this week, delegates adopted the Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2026, together with the Regional
- At the current pace, 88 per cent of measurable environment-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets are projected to be missed by 2030, whilst 90 per cent of people in the region are regularly exposed to unsafe levels of air
- Currently, 39 ESCAP member states have adopted carbon neutrality or net-zero targets, 46 countries have incorporated nature-based solutions into national climate or development policies, and 25 of the 27 coastal nations that submitted
Summary
Governments across Asia and the Pacific have agreed a new regional agenda to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution through more coordinated action, reflecting growing recognition that the region's most pressing environmental challenges cannot be solved in isolation.
Convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) this week, delegates adopted the Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2026, together with the Regional Programme of Action on Advancing Synergies for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2026–2030.