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Limiting warming in line with the Paris Agreement goals requires deep cuts in transport emissions, even as demand for transport continues to grow.…
The toolkit helps government, civil society and other partners put gender equality at the core of immediate and long-term recovery processes.
The government of Lao PDR invited stakeholders to provide suggestions and feedback on a draft version of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC…
Kakum National Park, Cape Coast, Ghana. Photo: AdobeStock
Developing countries can use carbon markets to advance their socio-economic development, while transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
Africa's youth at COP26 pre-COP and youth event in Milan. Photo : Connect4Climate
Young people and youth leaders from across Africa have the ideas, solutions and motivation to solve the climate crisis.
The meteorological station in Nyonie- Gabon’s Director of Meteorology is on the left. Photo : UNDP Gabon
Gabon’s 885 kilometers of coastline are essential to the country’s economy. Yet, they are increasingly vulnerable to climate change.
Western lowland gorillas at Langoue Bai in the Ivindo national park. Photo : Amaury Hauchard/AFP/Getty
Some 85 per cent of Gabon’s land is covered in carbon- absorbing rainforest, an area about the size of the United Kingdom.
A man standing by a giant tree in a forest in Gabon. Photo : CAFI
UNDP is committed to support the government in exploring new financing instruments, particularly thematic bonds that take into account ESG criteria.
Bamboo charcoal locally produced in Malawi. Photo : UNDP Malawi/Madalitso Mbendera
Switching to bamboo charcoal not only brings significant environmental benefits, but also creates local jobs and new income opportunities.
About 70 percent of the world’s cobalt used for batteries in mobile phones to electric cars comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and a significant percentage from Madagascar. Countries such as Zimbabwe and Namibia have among the largest reserves of lithium globally.
Minerals such as graphite, lithium and cobalt could help meet growing demand for clean energy technologies.
Two men installing a solar energy installation in Malawi. Photo : UNDP Malawi
The Access to Clean and Renewable Energy Project is aimed at increasing access to clean, affordable, reliable, and modern energy.
Photo : UNDP Malawi
This support will help achieve zero emissions and climate-resilient pathways through clean energy access and sustainable land use actions.
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is considered a “biodiversity superpower,” with one of the greatest endowments of natural capital in…
This guidance identifies options to transform the power sector that should be prioritized in the 2020 NDCs.
Conservation, restoration, and improved management of forests are cost-effective solutions for large-scale reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG)…
With a handy new pocket guide, UNEP DTU Partnership has made it easier to know your way around the NDCs and UNFCCC process.
UNDP helped increase the resilience of vulnerable communities in Lebanon by increasing the availability of renewable energy. Photo: UNDP Lebanon
In the revised NDC, Lebanon highlighted new adaptation priorities and enhanced ambition for GHG emissions reduction and renewable energy targets.
A comprehensive list of NDC Guidance and Enhancement resources
The plan highlights adaptation measures based on the necessity to improve physical infrastructure, preserve the environment and build resilience.
Nigeria is a lower-middle-income African country whose development vision is that by 2020 the country has a large, strong, diversified, sustainable…