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UNDP

Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate their neighborhoods in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, with health and education knocked back 70 years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2020
Many countries to miss Paris climate plan deadline due to COVID-19 delays, U.N. says
The U.N. Development Programme supports 115 of the 197 countries that signed the 2015 Paris deal through its 'Climate Promise' program which includes many of the world's poorest nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2018
Japan gets mixed assessment from U.N. over efforts to curb greenhouse gases
The United Nations warned Tuesday that current national commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to meet a 2030 reduction goal, and that unprecedented and urgent action is required by all nations — especially from members of the Group of 20 — to ensure global warming...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2017
Bali schoolchildren hold tsunami drill with help from U.N., Japan
Students scrambled to safety as sirens blared during a tsunami drill on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday, part of a campaign to prepare for disasters in the quake-prone country.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 24, 2013
Be inspired: One person can help foster sustainable lives for millions
Last month, this column introduced Bangkok-based Midori Paxton, who is currently a regional technical adviser for biodiversity and ecosystems with the United Nations Development Programme — and who, I'm delighted to say, was a model student of mine here in Japan more than 20 years ago.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?