#SmartCity forum by 🇰🇷 🇺🇳 & @unhabitat. I shared ecological views👉 #tech #IOT #AI 4 ecological sustainability. 👉city’s biodiversity index is👍 tool. Local scientists play important roles. 👉 how can 🇰🇼 calibrate 5 months/yr moderate weather👉$44tn 🌍 economy depends on ecology

Flamingos #kuwait 🦩 ❤️🇰🇼

#WorldCitiesDay , UNDP Kuwait offered #ecological perspective to city development as #technology #ArtificialIntelligence #IOT are means to achieve ecological balance, wellbeing and climate actions. At #SmartCity forumco-organized by Republic of Korea and United Nations in the State of Kuwait 🇰🇼 UN-Habitat بالعربية

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate emergency & soaring food & fuel prices 🌐 have set back progress towards #2030Agenda .

Pleased to join Simon Mundy for Financial Times Moral Money Summit Americas interview to discuss #Fin4Dev in engaging the #privatesector to unlock investment towards #SDGs

As we mark 8⃣ months since the war in #Ukraine started. As part of United Nations response, United NationsDP is helping to rebuild anew.

At #RecoveryOfUkraine Conf co-hosted by #G7GER & European Commission 🇪🇺 - a demonstration of int’l community's commitment to support people of 🇺🇦: g7germany.de/g7-en/ukraine-…

On #UNDay2022 (77th) & #WorldDevelopmentInformationDay (50th): Context & magnitude of int’l development challenges & cooperation have been evolving more than ever. We need more #ESG #SDGinvestment by private sector to fill financing gap to achieve SDGs. (by KTV news interview)

Pleased & honored to meet Mr. ناصر م. السنعوسي Boursa kuwait & discuss our partnership in UN Development flagship initiative UNDP SDG Impact with Boursa Kuwait | بورصة الكويت listed companies expected to have positive impact towards achieving the #sdgs in particular #SDG13 , 🇰🇼 national plan & 🇰🇼 vision 2035

At KTV, introduced global launch of UN Development report: 1.2 bn people are living in acute multidimensional poverty beyond income; they are more in rural areas (83%). Unpacking common deprivation patterns to develop poverty eradication measures #MultidimensionalPovertyIndex

📣Now available: 'Progress Tracking' online dashboard by the #G20SFWG presenting the progress reported by international organizations, networks, and other initiatives on efforts to advance the G20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap priorities.
✅Here: g20sfwg.org/progress-track…

#WashingtonDC , Dr. Al Jasser held a bilateral meeting with the Administrator of UN Development, Mr. Achim Steiner. Discussions centered on ways the two institutions can drive collective impact in member countries through co-development, co-financing, and other means of cooperation.

UNDP Kuwait Resident Representative Hideko Hadzialic
& UNDP Arab States team visited His Excellency Amb. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai, Permanent Representative, Kuwait Mission to UN in NY to thank our partnerships & discuss the country’s priorities and opportunities to advance #SDGs .

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals. Upcoming biodiversity COP15 in 🇨🇦 will be so critical. #SDG6 #SDG13 #SDG14 #SDG15 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Arrived in Washington D.C 2 join World Bank Group IMF Annual Mtgs & #G20 Finance Ministers Meeting. The 🌐 is looking to G20 & int’l financial institutions 4 urgent response 2 growing economic & financial crises. The ‘costs of inaction’ loom large, esp 4 developing economies

On behalf of United Nations joined 4th #G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Mtg.

Global economic outlook looks bleak w budgetary consequences especially hard felt in developing economies w many facing debt challenges. G20 leadership now critical to catalyse adequate response.

Japanese Mission UN Norimasa Shimomura Shigeki Komatsubara Azusa Kubota 久保田あずさ Hideko Hadzialic Asako Okai UN Development UN DevelopmentIndonesia UNDP Malawi UN Development_Bhutan UN DevelopmentKuwait Great partnership, great colleagues!

On 7 Oct, Amb OSUGA hosted a dinner for 4 Japanese #UNDP Resident Representatives: Norimasa Shimomura, Shigeki Komatsubara, Azusa Kubota 久保田あずさ & Hideko Hadzialic, who were in New York for a week-long Leadership Retreat, as well as Asako Okai.

We sincerely appreciate the strong partnership w/ UN Development.

Thank you Achim Steiner for engaging discussions with us working in countries in UNDP Arab States region with diverse development challenges. #SDGs #FutureSmartUNDP

#weekendmood with my favorite friends. In Turtle Bay.

Making history.

#GoHalos