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NDC Status Costa Rica submitted its third NDC in November 2025.Key highlights from the NDC Costa Rica's updated NDC strengthens the country’s commitments across mitigation, adaptation, inclusion, and financing. The NDC establishes an economy-wide net emissions budget for 2025 – 2035, covering all…

With the largest population in the world, the Asia-Pacific region faces severe climate vulnerability. At the same time, with high emitting and vibrant economies, the region also offers the largest mitigation potential. Based on climate trends and projections from the latest IPCC report, Asia and…

NDC Status Cabo Verde submitted its revised NDC in April 2021. Key highlights from the NDC Under its revised NDC , Cabo Verde comprehensively increased the scope and ambition of its mitigation goals while also enhancing their focus on adaptation, climate justice and gender…

Cassie Flynn is the Global Director of Climate Change at UNDP. The portfolio supports over 150 countries to take bold climate action. She previously served as the Strategic Advisor on climate change to UNDP’s Administrator and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Fiji as COP23 President…

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are critical actors in the global fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. Managing approximately 25 percent of the world's land, they safeguard a significant portion of Earth's biodiversity and carbon reserves. Notably, they steward about 36…

Yusuke Taishi serves as the Officer in Charge (OIC) Head of Adaptation and is the Senior Technical Advisor for UNDP’s work on climate change adaptation. Since joining UNDP in 2008, Yusuke has been instrumental in advancing climate change adaptation initiatives across Asia and the Pacific, including…

Natalia Olofinskaya is a Policy and Integrated Programming Specialist and Technical Advisor on Climate Change Adaptation. Natalia has over 25 years of policy and programming experience with UNDP in the fields of environment and climate change at the global, regional and country levels. In her…

Jennifer Baumwoll is a global climate change specialist based in New York and the global coordinator for UNDP’s Climate Promise. She has worked with UNDP for over 12 years on climate change policy and adaptation, both at Headquarters and the Regional Hub for Africa in Addis Ababa. Her work focuses…

Mr. Marcos Athias Neto serves as UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS). Mr. Neto has previously served as the Director of UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub, leading UNDP’s work on sustainable finance in more than…

Monica Borrero is the Global Programme Manager for the UNDP-Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (UNDP-AFCIA), one of the funding windows anchored under the Adaptation Innovation Marketplace. In this role, she leads efforts supporting 44 organizations to scale up innovative adaptation…

Clint is an impact investment consultant focused on deploying capital to build fairer, more resilient systems. His work spans corporate social responsibility, blended finance and impact investment across the private, philanthropic and development sectors. He has advised on education investments in…

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…

NDC Status The Democratic Republic of Congo submitted its revised NDC in December 2021. Key highlights from the NDC In its updated NDC , the Democratic Republic of Congo commits to an emissions reduction target of 21% in 2030, 19% of which is conditional on support. …

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…

Jana Koperniech is a Regional Technical Specialist at UNDP, working on climate change mitigation. She advises countries in Europe and Central Asia on decarbonization and sustainable energy, transport and infrastructure solutions. She has more than 11 years of experience in climate and energy…

NDC Status China submitted its updated first NDC in November 2021.

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…

NDC Status Cuba submitted its third NDC in February 2025. Key highlights from the NDC Cuba's third NDC demonstrates increased ambition in its mitigation targets.Cuba highlights adaptation as its most important priority for the country, aligning adaptation actions to "Tarea Vida" (Cuba's State…