17. 在区域一级，亚洲及太平洋经济社会委员会(亚太经社会)表示，该区域是全球最大市场之一，国内消费和区域贸易增加推动了强劲的经济增长。但是，不可持续的消费和生产模式在加剧不平等和环境退化以及气候变化中现有风险和脆弱性的同时，继续推动部分增长。亚太在全球价值链和运输中的作用越来越大，为循环经济实践带来了重大机遇。西亚经济社会委员会(西亚经社会)报告说，阿拉伯区域出现了不可持续消费和生产模式的趋势，如粮食损失和浪费增加、水资源短缺、能源使用剧增、废物量大而再利用和回收率十分低下。在报告这一数字的阿拉伯国家，城市废物回收率约为 10%或更低。23 国内生产总值(GDP)的单位国内物质消费为 1.7 公斤/美元，世界其他地区为 1.2 公斤/美元；2017 年单位 GDP的物质足迹接近世界平均水平。2019 年，人均家庭食物浪费量估计为 100 公斤，世界其他地区为 73.5 公斤。2018 年，使用了 103%的可用淡水，世界其他地区仅为 17%。24 淡水资源的巨大差异清楚表明，各区域和各社区的发展背景大相径庭，因此政策干预必须适应当地情况。
17. At the regional level, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) indicates that its region is one of the largest global markets, with robust economic growth driven by increasing domestic consumption and intraregional trade. However, unsustainable consumption and production patterns that exacerbate inequality and environmental degradation, intensifying existing risks and vulnerabilities in a changing climate, continue to drive some of this growth. The region plays an increasing role in global value chains and transportation, presenting significant opportunities for circular economy practices. The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) reports that in the Arab region, trends of unsustainable consumption and production patterns are reflected in increasing food loss and waste, water scarcity, rapidly rising energy use and high generation of waste with very low levels of reuse and recycling. The percentage of municipal waste recycled is around 10 per cent or less in the Arab countries that have reported this figure.23 Domestic material consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) was 1.7 kg/$, compared with 1.2 kg/$ for the rest of the world, and the material footprint per unit of GDP was almost equal to the world average in 2017. In 2019, 100 kg was the estimated amount of wasted household food per capita compared with 73.5 kg for the rest of the world. In 2018, 103 per cent of available freshwater was withdrawn, compared with only 17 per cent for the rest of the world. 24 As the great disparity in freshwater resources makes clear, the development context differs widely from region to region, and from community to community, and policy interventi ons must therefore be tailored to the local context.