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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 GEF and support from UNDP, nature-based climate actions are building a climate-resilient future for the people of Puntland.
Africa is at a crossroads. The multiplying challenges of the climate crisis, conflict and COVID-19 have put more and more people at risk.
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…
HCENR and UNDP kickstart US$41.2 million project to improve the resilience of local communities in the face of climate change impacts.
Small islands sit on the front line against climate change. They’re among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, declining rainfall, and extreme…
Water is the central nervous system in the fight to create resilient and low carbon economies. Yet 785 million people worldwide still lack safe water.
Around the world some 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation, and 700 million…
On the face of it, the Maldives is paradise on Earth. Yet the low-lying atoll nation is also fragile, confronting the impacts of a warming planet.
Kenya has taken bold steps to secure the country against climate change and its effects.
At UNDP, we will remain steadfast and accompany the government and people of this great country on this path.
Preserving Uganda’s wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet.
