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This checklist provides guidance to parties on preparing ambitious, transparent, and inclusive NDCs.

Mehmet leads communications for UNDP’s Climate Promise initiative, with a focus on creative campaigns and human-centered storytelling. He spearheaded UNDP’s Dear World Leaders initiative for COP26 and COP27. Mehmet has worked with UNDP for ten years, including his previous role in the Istanbul…

Malak is a Communications and Project Analyst overseeing the communication strategy for the UNDP Rome Centre for Climate Action and Energy Transition. She focuses on the Youth4Climate initiative, the Platform for Investment Support and Technical Assistance (PISTA), and the Italy-UNDP Energy…

Josep Garí serves as a Senior Policy Advisor at UNDP. He is a political ecologist, dedicated to international cooperation for sustainable rural and territorial development. He currently leads the Climate and Forests pillar of the UNDP Climate Hub, serving in the UN-REDD management and overseeing…

Join us for a discussion with some of the voices driving today’s climate change conversation, this Wednesday 21 September at 9am ET.

This technical paper aims to highlight examples of gender-responsive climate actions implemented by Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Roxani Roushas is the Global Lead of the Youth4Climate initiative, co-led by UNDP and the Government of Italy. The initiative works to identify, amplify, support and scale youth-led climate breakthroughs and provides financial and technical resources to youth-led innovations. Prior to taking on…

Lisa is a climate change, resilience, and gender expert who supports the team to manage and develop knowledge products and resources. This work supports UNDP as a thought leader in the climate-development nexus, provides intelligence and learning on climate ambition and action, and enhances…

Cassie Flynn is the Global Director of Climate Change at UNDP. The portfolio supports over 150 countries to take bold climate action. She previously served as the Strategic Advisor on climate change to UNDP’s Administrator and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Fiji as COP23 President…

Jennifer Baumwoll is a global climate change specialist based in New York and the global coordinator for UNDP’s Climate Promise. She has worked with UNDP for over 12 years on climate change policy and adaptation, both at Headquarters and the Regional Hub for Africa in Addis Ababa. Her work focuses…

UNDP, in partnership with AOSIS, will formally present a technical paper on the gender-responsive climate actions being implemented by SIDS.

The quality assurance checklist is designed to support governments, civil society, and other stakeholders to reflect on the revision processes and…

NDC Status Bolivia submitted its third NDC in September 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Bolivia’s third NDC s sets out sectoral targets to 2035 that integrate mitigation, adaptation, and joint commitments, with adaptation prioritized due to Bolivia’s high vulnerability.The NDC showcases…

They are the heroes fighting on the front lines, to protect our environment and our collective futures.

Zeynep is Programme Analyst for the Belgium-funded “Enhancing Climate Transparency” project under the Climate Promise. She brings over 8 years of project management and research experience on national and international projects on climate change reporting and transparency, democratization, social…

The Carbon Payments for Development Facility (CP4D) draws on decades of UNDP experience using carbon finance to stimulate investments for emission…

Rebecca is a climate technical specialist with the NDC Support Programme with a passion for transformational change, good governance, and youth empowerment. Since joining UNDP in 1998, she has supported developing countries around the world to strengthen climate policies and strategies and design…

With academic background in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions, Yuta Kono is a SDGs Coordination Officer at UNDP India Country Office (a JPO funded by Japan). Attached to State Outreach and SDG Integration Unit, he discharges a wide range of duties and responsibilities including Project…

Christopher is a SDG Finance and NDC Policy Specialist, and works with both the Sustainable Finance Hub and Climate Promise teams. He leads the implementation of the Joint Agenda for Scaling up Finance to Deliver the Paris Agreement. Prior to this role, he was UNDP’s Development Economist for…

Catherine Wong is UNDP’s Global Team Leader for Climate and Security Risk and principal technical lead on Climate, Peace and Security. She supports the work of UNDP’s Climate Hub and Crisis Bureau. Catherine possesses more than 20 years’ experience working on climate change and environment at the…