It bears the flag of death and disappearance of migrants, part of the quality of air in India
According to the latest assessment and impact of progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the regional group to which India belongs is likely to see the most COVID-19 losses in labor income and education in the Asia-Pacific region. Ubiquitous epidemic. According to the report released on Tuesday, it is witnessing an increase in inequality that is unique to the region.
India is the largest country in the South and Southwest Asia (SSWA) group, which also includes the SAARC countries, Iran and Turkey. The group is not on target to reach any SDGs, and is looking at real regressions on targets related to low inequalities, peace, justice and strong institutions, sustainable cities, climate action and marine life. It has made significant progress on poverty, hunger and health targets, but there is still a need to expedite action to meet the 2030 targets in these areas. Areas listed for immediate course correction include migrant deaths and disappearances, human trafficking, disgruntled detainees, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions.
“Inequalities are increasing in SSWA. In fact, this is the only sub-region where we are seeing regression in this target, ”Nagesh Kumar, director of the Regional Office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission and the Pacific Region (UNESCO), produced the report. This supports NITI Aayog’s own assessment of India’s SDG progress, which showed nationwide growing inequality between its 2018 and 2019 lists.
Mr. Kumar said that the UNESCAP report depicted pre-COVIDs, as the data collection meant that the official SDG assessment would take several years to reflect the full impact of the epidemic.
However, estimates by several UN agencies portray a frightening picture of the results of COVID. In the Asia Pacific region, they expected a 16–42% increase in pandemic deaths, with children under five dying as an indirect result of the pandemic. Estimating that approximately 830 million informal workers were affected by the lockdown in the Asia Pacific, he predicted that 15 million more people are unemployed.
With workers losing 13.5% of their income in 2020 compared to 2019, the situation in the SSWA sector was worse.
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Aerial view post lockdown of Lalbagh Parel area after improvement in Mumbai air quality index. File | Photo courtesy: EMAGUAL YOGINI
Carbon dioxide emissions and air quality were among the few areas that saw significant improvement during lockdown. Satellite data show air pollution at a 20-year low in northern India, with Aerosol recording a 50% reduction in optical depth in New Delhi and surrounding areas. [correlating to fine particulate matter, PM2.5 and PM10] In April, ”the report states. However, emissions were shot down soon after the economy reopened.
“What started as a health crisis has quickly become a human and socio-economic crisis. The report said that the epidemic is progressing towards the SDGs and making their achievement even more urgent and urgent.
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