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The document outlines the design and development of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting System (MER) for Marine-Coastal Zones for the Climate…

Liam Fee is an Adaptation Planning Specialist at UNDP’s Climate Hub. He supports UNDP’s portfolio of projects on national adaptation planning, working with countries that are formulating project proposals related to National Adaptation Plans. He also supports UNDP’s efforts to ensure greater…

NDC Status Armenia submitted its revised NDC in May 2021. The revision of the NDC was supported by the European Union (EU) through the EU4Climate initiative. Funded by the EU and implemented by UNDP, EU4Climate supports six countries in the Eastern Partnership implement the Paris Agreement and…

The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) will take place from 7 to 18 November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

NDC Status Lebanon submitted its third NDC in September 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Lebanon’s third NDC represents a significant progression in the country's climate commitment despite severe national crises.The NDC includes enhanced targets and measures to reduce emissions, setting an…

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

Viet Nam’s strong political commitment and ensuing policy action had set the stage for widespread climate change action; LECB project support sought…

The Youth4Climate initiative hosted a flagship event on 20 September, bringing together voices on the most urgent issue of our times: climate action.

NDC Status Marshall Islands submitted their third NDC in February 2025.Key highlights from the NDC The Republic of the Marshall Islands submitted its third NDC in February 2025, confirming its target of at least a 58 percent absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2010 levels by 2035,…

Climate change presents a major threat to Kenya’s sustainable development and the realization of the nation’s Vision 2030 that seeks to create a…

This analysis of circular economy opportunities for Vanuatu seeks to help reduce the waste flow of imported materials, while also examining how to…

NDC Status Belize submitted its third NDC in June 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Belize’s updated NDC demonstrates increased mitigation ambition, setting a new target to reduce cumulative emissions by 6,234 kilotonnes of CO₂ equivalent by 2035, surpassing the previous commitment. The…

Five years ago in Paris, 197 countries came together to agree on a common set of goals and principles to curb global greenhouse gas emissions and…

NDC Status Montenegro submitted its third NDC in February 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Montenegro’s updated NDC demonstrates a more ambitious mitigation commitment compared to the previous NDC by strengthening its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target, expanding sectoral and gas…

NDC Status Mauritania submitted its third NDC in October 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Mauritania's third NDC commits to an unconditional economy-wide GHG reduction target of 8.1 percent by 2035 compared to BAU and a conditional GHG reduction target of 67.7 percent by 2035. The NDC …

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

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…

The Greening Moonshot Initiative is UNDP’s commitment to reduce its corporate carbon footprint by 50 percent by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, the organization is shifting to resources-efficient, resilient and future-fit operations utilizing energy efficiency, renewable energy and low-carbon…

Anne Fernqvist is the Environmental Sustainability Coordinator at UNDP, where she drives efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of UNDP operations and institutionalize climate-smart practices across the organization. With over 20 years experience in advising public and private organizations…

NDC Status Lao PDR submitted its revised NDC in May 2021. Key highlights from the NDC Lao PDR raised ambition in its revised NDC with an unconditional emission reduction target of 60% by 2030, relative to the baseline scenario. The country strengthened mitigation measures in the…