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• Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires investments in innovation, says a new UNDP report Jul 12, 2017

  Innovation and emerging technologies increasingly change how international organizations invest in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Innovation Facility.

• Japan pledges $1.5 million for tsunami awareness and disaster risk information in Asia-Pacific Jul 10, 2017

  Six years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Government of Japan has committed funding to UNDP to improve disaster risk information and carry out tsunami-awareness programmes in schools across the Asia-Pacific region. ­­­­

• Magdy Martínez-Solimán: Statement at the HLPF Side Event: Integrity of Public Institutions as an Accelerator for Attaining SDGs Jul 10, 2017

  High Level Political Forum, UN New York

• European Union and UNDP support social protection for community resilience in Yemen Jul 6, 2017

  The European Union confirms its commitment to Yemen by providing EUR 25 million (nearly USD 27 million) to support the vulnerable Yemeni people affected by the devastating conflict, through a project to be implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and local communities.

• Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator: McDougall Memorial Lecture at the 40th Session of the FAO Conference, Rome, 'The Agricultural Economy of Tomorrow: Opportunities for Transforming our World' Jul 3, 2017

  Today I will argue that agriculture represents much more than what is measured as a sectoral contribution to GDP— first, because we all depend on the availability of and access to food, and second, because it represents one-third of global employment. Most importantly, it is on farms, big and small, around the world that the interaction between people, planet, prosperity and peace can unfold in ways that will either take us to sustainable development or will make our task virtually impossible.

• The Equator Prize 2017 winners announced for local innovative solutions tackling poverty, environment and climate challenges Jun 29, 2017

  The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announced today the winners of the Equator Prize 2017, recognizing 15 local and indigenous communities from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The winning organizations, which showcase innovative solutions for tackling poverty, environment, and climate challenges, will be honored at a celebratory gala in New York on September 17, 2017.

• Global Industry Alliance launched to support low carbon shipping Jun 29, 2017

  Leading ship owners and operators, classification societies, engine and technology builders and suppliers, big data providers, and oil companies have signed up to a new Global Industry Alliance (GIA) to support transitioning shipping and its related industries towards a low carbon future.

• Gabon commits to protect its forests, gets funds to reduce emissions by 50% Jun 27, 2017

  Today the Government of Gabon and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) signed a Letter of Intent for 18 million US dollars to protect the country’s forests and accelerate the fight against climate change.

• UNDP partners with 50 leading newspapers to raise awareness of the Global Goals Jun 23, 2017

  UNDP is partnering with Impact Journalism Day 2017 to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, around the world.

• Vulnerable to violence: Empowering women in South Sudan Jun 22, 2017

  It is a violation of women’s rights, a major global health problem, and is experienced by approximately one in three women worldwide. Yet the fight to end violence against women is too often overlooked and underfunded. In crisis-affected South Sudan where women and girls have long faced the threat of physical and sexual violence as well as early and forced marriage, Viola, 32, is one of the women working to get survivors the support they need.