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In 2021, seven countries in the Arab States region submitted more ambitious climate pledges with support from Climate Promise.
The system will help increase the use of green energy, reduce the share of fossil fuels and curb GHG emissions by 40% by 2030.
With ambitions high after Türkiye’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, work starts on a climate change strategy to 2050 and an action plan to 2030.
Thinking and acting with both short-term and long-term perspectives is key to realizing net zero.
The completion of the Paris Rulebook, following agreement on several previously unresolved issues, is one major achievement at COP26.
UNDP’s Sahel Offer – A Regeneration – is a $3.6 billion programme, which focuses on three main areas Governance, Energy and Youth, which are the…
At UNDP, based on our comparative advantages, we offer to focus on three key development catalysts – Governance, Renewable Energy and Youth, to…
Mitigating future shocks and building a holistic COVID-19 recovery for borderland communities

Across Chile’s mountains, valleys and coasts, the fingerprints of climate change are becoming more and more evident.

Scientific consensus says we cannot have a healthy planet with a temperature increase higher than 1.5°C (2.7°F). We are already at 1.1°C (2.2°F).
Statement by Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator