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NDC Status Serbia submitted its revised NDC in August 2022. Key highlights from the NDC Serbia committed to an unconditional emissions reduction target of 13.2% compared to 2010 levels, or 33.3% compared to 1990 levels, by 2030. This is an increase compared to the first NDC…

Catherine provides strategic guidance to UNDP’s offer on Nationally Determined Contributions and supports several countries to put in place policies, strategies and coordination mechanisms that facilitate NDC implementation. Prior to joining UNDP, she worked as a consultant for mainstreaming gender…

NDC Status  Seychelles submitted their revised NDC in July 2021. Key highlights from the NDC  In their updated NDC, Seychelles pledged to reduce economy-wide emissions by 26.4% by 2030 compared to business-as-usual and to achieve a decarbonized net-zero emissions economy…

NDC Status Sierra Leone submitted its updated NDC in July 2021. Key highlights from the NDC In its updated NDC, Sierra Leone defined a progressive path forward for cutting greenhouse gases emissions from 2005 levels: 5% by 2025, 10% by 2030, and 25% by 2050.  Unlike the initial…

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…

NDC Status Somalia submitted its revised NDC in July 2021. Key highlights from the NDC Somalia set an ambitious emissions reduction target of 30% below business-as-usual by 2030, conditional on international public and private support. The country has expanded on the sectors and gases…

Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was an exciting new shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a peaceful world. In the years following, countries made great strides towards its 17 interlinked goals. However, no one predicted the rise of COVID-19. In…

NDC Status  South Africa submitted its updated NDC in September 2021.  Key highlights from the NDC  South Africa’s updated mitigation targets represent a significant progression from the first NDC : the country commits to a fixed target for greenhouse gas emissions levels…

With 13 year's experience in climate finance and policy – with a focus on adaptation – Claudia provides strategic advice to ensure coherence between UNDP's support on climate finance readiness, including the Climate Promise and programming for adaptation and mitigation. She also provides oversight…

Regional Climate Policy Advisor at the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, Daisy has more than 25 year's experience in international development. For the past 20 years she has worked in various capacities in the UN system, at country and continental levels, providing policy, programmatic and…

NDC Status South Sudan submitted its second NDC in September 2021. Key highlights from the NDC A post-conflict nation and one of the world’s least developed countries, South Sudan is in pursuit of a low-carbon, climate-resilient pathway which also delivers economic development. …

Excellent is a development expert and specialist in climate science and policy, natural resources management, nature-based solutions, disaster risk management, resilience-building, and GHG inventory development and reviews. He is particularly interested in assisting communities to respond to risks…

Fernando is a passionate specialist in climate change with wide experience in project management and broad knowledge in strategic planning, climate policies, energy systems, gender mainstreaming, mitigation and adaptation strategies, private sector engagement and climate finance. He first joined…

Gianluca is an engineer with extensive experience in the fields of energy, oil and gas, and water management. Since 2006, he has been consulting on emissions mitigation projects, greenhouse gas inventories, climate finance and climate change adaptation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

James is a Climate and Cities Technical Specialist working jointly with both UNDP and UN-Habitat in support of the inter-Agency enhanced collaborative framework. James contributes to the Climate Promise and NDC Support Programme global management teams, specializing in urban and local and regional…

Krib is the Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific for UNDP’s Climate Promise and SCALA programmes, based in UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub. With more than 12 years of wide experience in project management ranging from climate policy advisory on renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate…

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…

With the energy sector responsible for around 80 percent  of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, the shift to clean, renewable sources is critical to mitigating climate change and advancing sustainable development. This shift involves replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy technologies (…

Nataliya has more than 10 years' experience in environmental consultancy – primarily in climate change policy, but also in carbon markets and waste management – for government, private sector, and international organizations, and more than six years in coordination roles in international donor-…

With more than 12 year's experience in developing and managing environmental and climate change initiatives and projects, while building an extensive network of stakeholders to foster environmental awareness and understanding, Patricia oversees the GCF Readiness Portfolio at UNDP. She holds a…