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UNDP has the largest climate portfolio in the UN system, supporting climate action in more than 140 developing countries, delivering a portfolio of…

This publication offers practical and step-by-step guidance on designing LT-LEDS.

The Pledge to Impact Programme is a leading global effort to advance climate action. The programme links global policy processes to national and local action by leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC s) under the Paris Agreement.Launched in 2022, the Pledge to Impact Programme is…

The Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) project began design and scoping in Chile in 2011 and moved to full implementation in 2012.

NDC Status Dominica submitted its updated NDC in July 2022. Key highlights from the NDC Dominica's updated NDC is more robust, clearer and more ambitious than its first NDC . It commits to reducing emissions by 45% below 2014 levels by 2030 and expands its mitigation targets across key…

This study outlines a roadmap for building a new Digital Public Infrastructure that links environmental, administrative and financial datasets.

The LECB project activities supported Indonesia in its efforts to accelerate the achievement of its climate mitigation commitments and adoption of…

NDC Status Panama submitted its third NDC in November 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Panama’s third NDC shifts the focus from actions mainly centered on mitigation towards an integrated framework that articulates mitigation, adaptation and climate finance with a long-term national vision.Panama…

Given Morocco’s relatively advanced climate change policy and compliance under the UNFCCC, the LECB project focused on rationalizing the country’s…

In Lebanon, the impact of climate change will see an increase in natural disasters, warmer temperatures, sea level rise, and variable precipitation…

NDC Status Chile submitted its latest NDC in September 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Chile’s latest NDC sets 2025 as the peak year for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Developed under Chile’s Climate Change Law (2022), the NDC reflects inclusive collaboration involving scientific…

The LECB project focused on the main carbon emitting sources, the power generation, transportation and industry sectors. LECB to also focus on these…

This event will discuss opportunities of the blue economy, blue carbon and nature-based solutions in small island states. 

Climate change is recognized by many countries as a matter of national security, but also as a factor that exacerbates the drivers of different types…

NDC Status Vanuatu submitted its third NDC in September 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Vanuatu's third NDC explicitly references the 1.5°C goal and states it fully adheres to the outcomes of the Global Stocktake (GST).On mitigation, Vanuatu articulates an economy-wide ambition expressed through…

NDC Status Iraq submitted its third NDC in November 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Iraq's updated NDC transitions the country from a voluntary vision toward a data-driven framework for climate-resilient development. While Iraq’s previous NDC was a qualitative policy document focused on post-…

Around the world, conflicts have become more widespread, complex and prolonged. An estimated 2 billion people currently live in fragile or conflict-affected areas, and this number is expected to increase in the future.Simultaneously, climate stressors and shocks have increased in frequency and…

Achievements and lessons learned from the NDC Support Programme's work, helping 47 countries and territories advance their climate action plans.

It is broadly recognised that humanity’s unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are driving the triple planetary crisis: climate change, waste and pollution, and biodiversity loss. Our current linear economic system is built on a model of extracting raw materials from nature,…

Transforming Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into tangible actions that lead to long-term zero-carbon and climate-resilient development…