#Natural Sciences

‘What is the current development status of the National Decade Committees (NDCs) in the region?’ ‘How could the NDCs better help promote and support the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development?’ These questions and others came up in...

National governments must continue to support the development of transformative ocean science solutions and enhance mutual assistance and cooperation. Gathering at an SGOs Roundtable at the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the Sub-Commission for the...

More than 100 delegates and observers from 13 countries in the Western Pacific gathered at the Fourteenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV, 4–7 April 2023, Jakarta, Indonesia), where they deliberated on how to further...

Vientiane, Lao PDR (26 January 2023) — On the occasion of the 2022 Round Table Implementation Meeting (RTIM), hosted by the Government of Lao PDR at the nation’s National Convention Centre on 26 January 2023, Mr Aoyagi Shigeru, Director of the UNESCO Asia...

16 September 2022, BANGKOK ‒ On the occasion of World Ozone Day (16 September), which commemorates the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, UNEP and its partners are pleased to announce that 36 artists have won the ‘Asia Pacific...