Some 85 per cent of Gabon’s land is covered in carbon- absorbing rainforest, an area about the size of the United Kingdom.
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Africa is at a crossroads. The multiplying challenges of the climate crisis, conflict and COVID-19 have put more and more people at risk.
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Suriname made a promise to itself and the rest of the world to cooperate in mitigating the effects of climate change.
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The new project is worth $2.7 million and will help Tajikistan develop an effective National Adaptation Plan to increase climate resilience.
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Montenegro's revised NDC aims at decarbonization through transformations in the energy, transportation, and industry sectors.
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For Mohammed Ahmed - better known as Sidey - water has been an economic lifeline.
Since he lives in the Maldives that may not seem surprising. While…
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Transparency is at the heart of the climate emergency. Without it, we cannot move from planning to action, or win the fight against climate change.
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Integrated approaches for climate-resilient development supported by UNDP are improving lives and livelihoods – and protecting the planet.
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Albania's revised NDC includes mitigation and adaptation measures in new sectors.
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The turbine will demonstrate the viability of wind energy in Africa’s third largest nation, and is expected to provide power to 14,000 people.
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HCENR and UNDP kickstart US$41.2 million project to improve the resilience of local communities in the face of climate change impacts.
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Small islands sit on the front line against climate change. They’re among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, declining rainfall, and extreme…
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Almost 98 percent of the Pacific region is ocean. But sea-level rise has various impacts that affect coastal communities in the Pacific.
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Rising temperatures and increasingly frequent droughts will turn large portions of cocoa-producing regions to savanna by 2050.