Programmes and Initiatives

UNDP/GEF

With support from Global Environment Facility financing, UNDP helps developing countries catalyze investment into the green technologies, practices and enterprises that will make low emission, climate resilient environmentally sustainable development not only possible, but also economically attractive. more

Montreal Protocol

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international environmental agreement that aims to protect the earth’s ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances. more

MDG Carbon Facility

The MDG Carbon Facility is an innovative means of harnessing the vast resources of the carbon market in order to bring long-term sustainable development to a more diverse share of developing countries. more

Drylands Development Centre

The Drylands Development Centre is a thematic centre of UNDP dedicated to fighting poverty and achieving sustainable development in the drier regions of the world. more

Africa Adaptation Programme

UNDP, with funding from the Government of Japan, recently launched a new programme that uses an innovative approach to climate change adaptation in Africa. more

GEF Small Grants Programme

With a presence in 122 countries and more than 12,000 grants awarded worldwide, SGP supports projects of non-governmental and community-based organizations in developing countries. more

UN-REDD Programme

The United Nations Collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries was launched in September 2008. more

United Nations Poverty and Environment Initiative

The programme supports country-led efforts to mainstream poverty-environment linkages into national development planning. more

Equator Initiative

The Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses, and grassroots organizations to build the capacity and raise the profile of local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. more

Our Projects

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Cameroon community to return home after lake explosion

Nearly 1,700 people died in 1986 when Cameroon's Lake Nyos suddenly released deadly levels of carbon dioxide into the air, following a build-up of the gas in the lake. Another 10,000 people were uprooted and 3,000 heads of livestock were also lost. "I lost more than 21 members of my family and more

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Belarus: A new approach to managing resources

Dry soil, scarce vegetation, deafening silence interrupted only by the howling wind – Belarus’ Bartenikha fen mire was devastated by decades of poorly managed peat extraction. Recently, however, native plants and wildlife have begun to return to the area. Efforts by UNDP and partners to help rehydr more

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Turkey: moving towards climate-friendly development

Ten years ago, only a dozen Turkish Government officials worked on climate change issues. Today, over 300 officials work in the field, and national policies exist to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This transformation is part of broad efforts by UNDP to increase awareness of climate change iss more

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Managing the Black Sea and the Danube River Basin

An ecosystem at risk The Danube River flows through many Eastern European countries before reaching the Black Sea. For decades, the discharge of polluted water into the Danube resulted in nutrient over-enrichment in the Black Sea, affecting fish stocks, beaches and the incidence of waterborne disea more

Russia: Better conservation for the environment and the economy

The Kamchatka peninsula , far east of Russia, is home to steaming geysers, simmering volcanoes, snow-capped mountains and a wide variety of plants and animals. The rare Steller’s sea eagle soars through its skies, while the only population of sea otters in the Western Pacific finds shelter alon more