Asia-Pacific isn’t on track to achieving any of its sustainability targets by 2030 and the pandemic has slowed progress in many areas, said a UN representative.
Zahedi said that regression is especially worrying given that the Asia-Pacific is particularly vulnerable climate change. He attributed the slowdown to the pandemic, which he said will set back sustainability targets by 30 or 40 years.While the pandemic has exposed and accentuated many inequalities, Zahedi said such gaps have persisted during the recovery.
Vulnerable groups have borne the brunt of the pandemic, which he said has led to a surge in gender-based violence; people with disabilities seeing their support networks"evaporate"; and job losses among migrants and those working in the"" — the part of the economy that includes gig workers, street vendors and other odd jobs.
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