Asia-Pacific region won't achieve SDGs by 2030: UN.

ISLAMABAD -- The Asia-Pacific region will miss the 2030 target year by several decades to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as the total number of years required to achieve the SDG targets in the region has increased, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.

According to the SDG Progress Report 2023 released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), the average overall progress towards achieving all 17 SDGs in the region has increased slowly from 4.4 per cent in 2017 to 14.4pc in 2022.

As the midpoint of delivering the SDGs approaches, the targets are still a long way off. Looking beyond the goals and at the target level, at the current pace, the Asia-Pacific region will miss 90pc of the 118 measurable targets by 2030, says the annual flagship publication in partnership with seven other UN agencies.

'We must not give up on the ambition to achieve the goals, but we need to act quickly, think smarter, make intelligent investments, strengthen global partnerships and build on the collective commitment to the SDGs to achieve a sustainable, prosperous and inclusive future,' the report said.

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