A new UN report has revealed that the Asia-Pacific region is not on track for achieving any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or global goals set by the United Nations. The current pace means that the region could achieve less than 10% of the SDG targets.
According to the report titled Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, only nine of the region’s 104 measurable targets are being met.
According to the report, half of the Asia-Pacific goals have not been met, and many are still at a level below 2020. In addition, the report highlighted that progress in achieving environmental goals was very disappointing.
Other goals that the region failed to meet were gender equality (Goal #5) and clean water and sanitation (Goal #6), affordable, clean energy …
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