ESCAP has developed the “National SDG Tracker” to enable countries to use their own data, indicators and targets and assess their progress towards the SDGs. This manual is developed as a step-by-step guide for users of the National SDG Tracker in finalizing their national indicator set, preparing their data on the Tracker and producing progress assessments.

The study is to examine the new energy security dimensions that are emerging with the advent of the energy transition and to include the impacts of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on global energy markets and energy security especially in the Asia-Pacific region.