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The Youth4Climate initiative hosted a flagship event on 20 September, bringing together voices on the most urgent issue of our times: climate action.
Emir (second from left) and Archana, (centre) meet UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner at the first flagship event of the Youth4Climate: Powering Action initiative. Photo: Connect4Climate – World Bank Group
Young climate leaders share their experiences of the Youth4Climate flagship event in New York.
The report provides comprehensive information on waqf and its potential to support climate action in Indonesia and beyond.
Photo: UNPD Nigeria
The first AMP project in Africa will boost energy access by transforming the country's minigrids market.
As Jamaica prepares to install solar in three public hospitals, lightbulb retrofits are already saving energy, money and barrels of oil
Photo: UNDP Uganda
Uganda takes an inclusive approach to reporting climate actions, which can be replicated in other countries.
This report features 19 countries where central, regional, and local governments have come together to work towards a national climate strategy.
Photo: Eva Pastora, UNDP Indonesia
UNDP is supporting a holistic program in Indonesia for an energy transition with a financing strategy to go with it.
A woman gardening in Côte d'Ivoire. Photo: UNDP Côte d'Ivoire
Just as the government is advancing its agenda, some regions are taking a localized approach to climate action.
Water is the central nervous system in the fight to create resilient and low carbon economies. Yet 785 million people worldwide still lack safe water…
The GEF-Least Developed Countries Fund has approved US$4.5 million towards strengthening the climate resilience of the drinking water sector in Haiti.
With support from Japan, Kosovo* is pursuing a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities.
Photo: UNDP Türkiye
The climate crisis is no longer as abstract as it once may have seemed. In the last few years, it has created devastating impacts worldwide, touching…
The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) will take place from 7 to 18 November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
This new report unpacks why a just transition is central to delivering the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, analyses key global and…
Watch our COP27 flagship event live, this Tuesday 15 November at 11.30am EET, where we'll highlight the progress being made by developing countries.
UNDP Mongolia/Nicolas Petit
Through its national climate plans, the country is aiming to cut emissions and adapt to climate change, for a greener future.
As part of the UNDP’s Climate Promise: From Pledge to Impact, the Enhancing Climate Transparency (ECT) project, funded by the Government of Belgium,…
"It has been an immensely challenging year for governments who have been scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus while also managing the economic fallout"
A just transition to a green economy can address climate change, rising inequality, and the health and economic impacts of COVID-19.
The future is not written. We know what we need to do. What we need more than anything is political will and investment.