Research and Reports

This guidance note illustrates three broad intervention areas that are crucial to addressing barriers to PSE in climate action.

Least developed countries (LDCs) are low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development.

This snapshot explores the NDC submissions, ambition, and progress made by Small Island Developing States.
UNDP has teamed up with Lavazza, initiating a partnership focused on transforming global coffee production towards sustainability.
The Advancing gender equality platform provides information on second generation NDCs that demonstrate greater attention to gender equality issues.
A progress report on the Japan-funded project being implemented in 23 countries and territories under the Climate Promise initiative.
This report outlines essential considerations for tropical forest countries supplying high integrity forest carbon credits to the VCMs.

This new report unpacks why a just transition is central to delivering the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, analyses key global…

An interactive, digital tool based on a comprehensive dataset from 56+ forest countries.
The assessment estimates total damages to exceed USD 14.9 billion, and total economic losses to reach about $15.2 billion.
This report features 19 countries where central, regional, and local governments have come together to work towards a national climate strategy.
As part of the UNDP’s Climate Promise: From Pledge to Impact, the Enhancing Climate Transparency (ECT) project, funded by the Government of Belgium,…