UNDP has won a Webby Award for their Dear World Leaders initiative - an innovative campaign aimed at raising awareness of the global climate crisis,…
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April 21, 2022
To tackle climate change, Ecuador has taken pioneering steps for reducing deforestation and forest degradation.
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April 21, 2022
With support from Japan, Kosovo* is pursuing a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities.
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April 14, 2022
With support from Japan, Serbia aims to replace coal as primary energy source, through a just transition.
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April 13, 2022
UNDP and Defra aim to demonstrate the potential of nature to help tackle the climate crisis and reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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April 8, 2022
Islamic finance and crowd funding brings clean energy to underserved communities.
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April 7, 2022
With new climate financing support from Japan, UNDP will assist Georgia to protect forests and reduce emissions.
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April 6, 2022
With support from Japan, the country aims to reduce its high fossil fuel dependency through a just transition mechanism.
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April 5, 2022
With plans to cut emissions 60% by 2030, become carbon neutral by 2050, Lao PDR is showing climate leadership.
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March 29, 2022
UNDP is committed to support the government in exploring new financing instruments, particularly thematic bonds that take into account ESG criteria.
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March 25, 2022
Young Kenyan entrepreneurs are tackling deforestation and shifting to a circular economy through innovation.
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March 24, 2022
In celebration of International Forests Day, students from the Kalinago community in Dominica came out to plant fruit trees on their school compounds
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March 24, 2022
Japan becomes newest and largest partner to the next phase of UNDP’s Climate Promise, providing significant climate funds for 23 countries and…
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March 23, 2022
53 countries have included actions to promote women’s empowerment in their revised climate action plans, up from seven countries in 2015.