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Statement by Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator
Climate change threatens to undo decades of development progress in Small Island Developing States and least developed countries.
Kyrgyzstan’s updated NDC pledges to aim for greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions if it receives international support.
The summer of 2021 was the fifth warmest summer in Serbia in the last 70 years, with impacts being felt by people across the country.
New and ambitious 10-year agreement to protect the Congo Basin rainforest, the world's second-largest.
In Kazakhstan, women still have limited access to resources and limited power and decision-making rights in the family and community.
COP26 will be a time to discuss the progress and challenges related to the Paris Climate Agreement. Here's what to expect.
Vulnerable countries are stepping up amidst a slow response from some of the biggest emitters on the climate crisis.
In most G20 countries, people under 18 years old were more likely to believe in the climate emergency than adults.
This year’s Africa Climate Week was held virtually, in advance of the United Nations 26th Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26).
New drainage works in five high-risk zones of La Digue island to prevent flooding and enhance community resilience to climate change
With funding from the Green Climate Fund, Turkmenistan will develop a National Adaptation Plan to build resilience to climate change.
Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world, five Malaysian cities take an integrated approach to low carbon development.