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Our team is made up of a network of global experts, regional coordinators and national project teams, with strong leadership from UNDP’s country…

NDC Status Kyrgyz Republic submitted its third NDC in October 2025.Key highlights from the NDC With its third NDC , Kyrgyz Republic commits to unconditional greenhouse gas reductions of 18 percent by 2030 and 16 percent by 2035, with conditional targets of 30 and 39 percent for the same years,…

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…

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…

Eri is a programme specialist at the Executive Office of the Administrator, working on climate strategies and policy. She has experience working in the Kenya Country Office, Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy, and SDG Finance Sector Hub. Prior to UNDP, she served for the Japanese diplomatic…

NDC Status Lesotho submitted its first NDC in January 2017. The revision of the NDC is currently ongoing. UNDP is supporting Lesotho in enhancing its NDC by adopting a whole-of-government and a whole-of-society approach, engaging with religious leaders, communities, youth,…

NDC Status Liberia submitted its third NDC in September 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Liberia’s third NDC explicitly commits to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 64 percent below business-as-usual (BAU) levels, by 2035, using 2022 as the…

Sameera has extensive experience in UN climate negotiations having been part of civil society, government and UN delegations. She has been following the Paris Agreement negotiations process closely since its inception. She is currently global focal point on loss and damage, human rights and climate…

NDC Status Madagascar submitted its updated NDC in January 2024.

NDC Status Malawi submitted its updated NDC in July 2021. Key highlights from the NDC Under its updated NDC , Malawi adopted absolute economy-wide targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 : 6% unconditional, plus a further 45% conditional on support. The updated NDC …

NDC Status Malaysia submitted its third NDC in October 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Malaysia’s third NDC includes a National Energy Transition Roadmap and highlights goals such as fossil-fuel subsidy reform, methane capture from waste/wastewater, and strengthened forests/land measures aligned…

As the climate crisis intensifies, time is running out to take swift and decisive action to cut down our greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible.But the transition to low-carbon economies can have undesired consequences such as higher costs of living, job displacement and loss of income, or…

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…

Florin is the Climate Promise regional communications specialist for Eurasia and the Arab States. Florin has more than seven years of experience in digital communications and social innovation. Previously he managed the regional communications of a joint UN Women and UNFPA programme in the Eastern…

NDC Status Maldives submitted its revised NDC in December 2020. Key highlights from the NDC Maldives adopted a conditional emissions reduction target of 26% by 2030 compared to business as usual. The country also aspires to achieve net zero by 2030 depending on the international…

Daniela is the Climate Promise regional communications specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, she worked with UNDP's Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy in New York for two years, handling the Spanish content for UNDP's global audience. In that capacity, she liaised with…

NDC Status Mali submitted its updated NDC in October 2021. Key highlights from the NDC Under its revised NDC , Mali committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 31% for energy, 25% for agriculture, 39% for land use and forestry, and 31% for waste sectors by 2030 compared to…

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 …

NDC Status Mauritius submitted its updated NDC in October 2021. Key highlights from the NDC In its updated NDC , Mauritius raised ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in 2030 compared to business-as-usual, instead of the initial NDC target of 30%. The government…

NDC Status Mexico submitted its third NDC in November 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Mexico’s third NDC sets a new benchmark for ambition and coherence in climate policy, expanding its implementation horizon to 2035.In terms of mitigation, the country commits to a net emissions target of 364–404…