The work featured here has been funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which UNDP has partnered with since 2015. The GCF is the largest global fund dedicated to help fight climate change and a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement. The fund is mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their ambitions towards low-emission development and climate-resilient pathways, as detailed in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
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Guajajara women blend ancestral ecological knowledge with modern tools to defend their land and culture.
Climate information and early warning systems underpin risk-informed development and adaptation planning.
The nomination is in recognition of its efforts to tackle forest loss resulting from agricultural expansion of coffee.
President Lula and Minister Marina Silva announce expansion of payments to farmers conserving 14,000 hectares of forest in the Amazon.
Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are using their national climate plans to create green jobs and build more resilient communities.
Despite promising results, results-based payments can be further improved to deliver both climate action and sustainable development.
From Colombia to Iraq and from Kenya to Timor-Leste, countries are finding solutions to building peace and climate resilience.
Five countries are using nature-based solutions to build climate resilience across urban, coastal, highland, and rural landscapes.
After more than a decade of struggle, Shuar communities in Ecuador receive the titles to their ancestral lands.
UNDP and the Lavazza Foundation have announced a new initiative that will provide clean water access in Ecuador.
With UNDP support, the project will strengthen early warning, lower dangerous glacial lakes and protect mountain communities.
How do we make traceability systems that are open, scalable and inclusive?
