2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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	ESCWA and Sister Regional Commissions to Enhance Sustainable Energy ESCWA has recently contributed to an international forum, which gathered high-level delegations and leading energy experts to explore how to drive change; how to drive the need for regional...
	ESCWA and eight of its Member States chart the way forward at HLPF The world came together for two weeks in July for the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to...
	ESCWA calls for a ‘course correction’ on fiscal policies in the Arab region A new report on fiscal policy was presented on Tuesday at the American University of Beirut (AUB), providing information on whether the Arab region’s current approach can support the achievement...
	Climate Change-Related Statistics in the Arab Region: A Proposed Set of Indicators E/ESCWA/SD/2017/3 Climate Change-Related Statistics in the Arab Region: A Proposed Set of Indicators Special Issue of the Compendium of Environment Statistics in the Arab Region 2017 Climate... Arabic (1.68 MB) English (835.14 KB), English (2.33 MB)
	The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region 2007: A Youth Lens E/ESCWA/EAD/2007/3 In addition to providing a regional review of the performance of Arab countries on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this report highlights the complexity of the issues... Arabic (6.56 MB) English (3.53 MB)
	Executive Secretary to Attend Sustainable Development Forum and Take Oath of Office United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim headed to New York to take part in the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on...
	UN to spotlight synergies and trade-offs of Global Goals in the Arab region Interactions between the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is set to be a core focus of a regional meeting organized by the UN’s office in Beirut, Lebanon on Monday. “...
	5th UN Global Road Safety Week: Leadership for Safer Mobility in Cities Within the framework of the 5h UN Global Road Safety week 2019, a workshop was organized by ESCWA and YASA on traffic safety in the cities. The workshop was...
	Impact Analysis Toolkit This workshop comes within the framework of the technical support provided by ESCWA to develop the capacities of their government representatives in the...
	Trade Toolkit for Impact Analysis This workshop aims to provide technical support and to build the capacity of the Arab Customs Union Committee members to use the quantitative Trade tools and...
	Socioeconomic Impacts of Macroeconomic Reform Policies in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/TP.1 The technical paper aims to test that hypothesis by evaluating Tunisia and Egypt’s experiences with neoliberal adjustment against the SDGs. The UNESCWA expert group meeting Towards... Arabic (1.38 MB) English (1.38 MB)
	Fiscal Policy Review of Arab States 2019 E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/WP.2 This fiscal review is first in the series following the ESCWA 2017 flagship report “Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region”. A major focus of this fiscal policy review 2019 is to create a... Arabic (1.95 MB) English (1.95 MB)
	Review of Productivity and Sustainable Development in the ESCWA Region, First Issue. Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication: Principles, Opportunities and Challenges in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2011/3 The Arab region continues to face many challenges in its endeavour to embrace the principles of sustainable development. The rapid increase in population, acute water scarcity, food security,... Arabic (24.5 MB) English (1.17 MB)
	Review of Productivity and Sustainable Development in the ESCWA Region, Second Issue E/ESCWA/SDPD/2011/6 The concept of “Sustainable Development” was adopted during “The Earth Summit” in Rio, in 1992, and The UN “Commission on Sustainable Development” (CSD) was established to review progress achieved... Arabic (788.02 KB) English (788.02 KB)
	Review of Sustainable Development and Productivity, Issue No. 4 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/14 ESCWA has particular expertise in terms of implementing and following up on activities targeting sustainable development in the region. Within that context, the Review presents work achieved by... Arabic (706.88 KB) English (706.88 KB)
	Review of Sustainable Development and Productivity: Issue No. 3 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/3 The Review presents two selected key papers, namely: the specifications and indicators of wastewater treatment for use in irrigation; and the environmental impact assessment arising from the... Arabic (914.48 KB) English (914.48 KB)
	Addressing energy sustainability issues in the buildings sector in the Arab region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2018/TP.5 The report focuses on energy efficiency in the buildings sector as a major opportunity for substantial progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 and provides an evaluation on the... Arabic (26.61 MB) English (26.34 MB)
	Guidebook on Use of GIS for Climatic Data Analysis E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/GUIDE.4 This guidebook is the fourth of a series of guidebooks produced by ESCWA in cooperation with the Arab Center for Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD) in relation to irrigation water... Arabic (19.53 MB) English (19.53 MB)
	Guidebook on Using AquaCrop for Irrigation Water Management E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/GUIDE.3 This guidebook is the third of a series of guidebooks produced by ESCWA in cooperation with the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) in relation to the use of Aquacrop... Arabic (22.88 MB) English (22.88 MB)
	Arab Forum for Sustainable Development concludes with stress on equality and human rights Beirut, 12 April 2019 (ESCWA)--The 3-day Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) ended...