UNDP and Energy and Environment
UNDP's work on Energy and Environment is focused on six priority
areas:
- Frameworks and strategies for sustainable development
- Effective water governance
- Access to sustainable energy services
- Sustainable land management to combat desertification and land degradation
- Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
- National/sectoral policy and planning to control emissions of ODS
and POPs
Frameworks and strategies
for sustainable development
UNDP seeks to develop country capacity to manage the environment and
natural resources; integrate environmental and energy dimensions into
poverty reduction strategies and national development frameworks;
and strengthen the role of communities and of women in promoting sustainable
development. More...
Effective water governance
UNDP supports the sustainable use of marine, coastal and freshwater
resources and improved access to water supply and sanitation services.
This requires the appropriate local, national and regional water governance
frameworks, and application of integrated water resources management
approaches. UNDP also promotes cooperation in trans-boundary waters
management. More...
Access to sustainable
energy services
UNDP supports energy activities to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable
development objectives at the local, national and global levels. Our
work is focused on strengthening national policy frameworks to support
energy for poverty reduction; promoting energy services to support
growth and equity with specific focus on the situation of women; promoting
clean energy technologies to mitigate climate change; and increasing
access to investment financing for sustainable energy, including through
the Clean Development Mechanism. Activities in these areas complement
and help integrate Global Environment Facility (GEF) programmes in
the field of climate change and support sustainable livelihoods. More...
Sustainable land management
to combat desertification and land degradation
Land degradation is one of the major causes of rural poverty, as well
as one of its effects. UNDP works to break this cycle and reduce poverty
through sustainable land management and by maintaining land-based
ecosystem integrity, particularly in drylands where the poorest, most
vulnerable and marginalized people live. UNDP assists countries and
communities in land governance, drought preparedness, reform of land
tenure and promotion of innovative and alternative sustainable land
practices and livelihoods. Special emphasis is given here to the situation
of rural women. UNDP supports institutional and systemic capacity
building to address desertification and land degradation of rural
poverty reduction, through local, national and global multi-stakeholder
dialogue and action. UNDP promotes the mainstreaming and integration
of major environmental conventions to reduce land degradation, help
land users adapt to climate change, and maintain services through
ecosystem integrity. More...
Conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity
Through a close integration of GEF and core activities, UNDP helps
countries and communities maintain and benefit from the biodiversity
and ecosystem services that underpin human welfare and economic development,
and provide the poor with food security, fuel, shelter, medicines
and livelihoods – as well as clean water, disease control, and
reduced vulnerability to natural disasters. UNDP supports the sustainable
management of agriculture, fisheries, forests and energy, and a pro-poor
approach to conservation and protected areas, biotechnology and the
development of viable, new markets for ecosystem services. More...
National/sectoral policy and planning
to control emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and persistent
organic pollutants (POPs)
The Montreal Protocol and GEF programmes of UNDP support governments
as they develop and strengthen national and sectoral strategies for
the sustained reduction and elimination of ODS and POPs. Enterprises
are assisted in maintaining their economic competitiveness through
provision of best available alternative technologies and opportunities
for capacity development. More...
