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Bhutan hosts Asia-Pacific dialogue on future-ready governance

Government leaders, policymakers and experts from seven countries are exploring how public institutions can better prepare for change, adapt policies and deliver more responsive services.

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Six new initiatives to advance community-led climate solutions and sustainable livelihoods

With support from UNDP and GEF Small Grants Programme, the community-led initiatives will advance climate-smart farming, rural waste recovery and economic empowerment of survivors of gender-based violence among others.

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Bhutan food systems summit puts consciousness on global policy map

The first-ever Global Conscious Food Systems Summit brought governments, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, farmers and businesses together around a new approach to policy and decision-making amid an escalating polycrisis

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Food summit puts human values at heart of global systems change

Amidst deepening climate crisis, a new conscious food systems framework distills five years of global work as nearly 400 participants from more than 60 countries gather in Bhutan.

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When water finally climbed the hill

A solar-powered lift irrigation solves decades-long water struggles of a farming community in Bhutan's Samdrup Jongkhar district.

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Thimphu’s Memorial Chorten stream corridor set to be transformed into a safer, greener and more inclusive urban space

A new plan brings together flood management, ecological renewal and public space development to build the city reisilience in a changing climate.

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Where is it safe to build?

A geotechnical study to guide safer urban growth in Phuentsholing, Bhutan’s largest commercial hub.

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UNDP, GNH Centre sign new partnership

The agreenment establishes a formal framework to collaborate on Global GNH Forum, youth empowerment and conscious food systems

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Bhutan's latest national waste survey provides critical data needed for strengthening waste management

The National Waste Inventory Survey 2025 provides the strongest evidence yet of where the challenges lie and where action is most needed. The first such national waste inventory survey was done in 2019.

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UNDP is the leading United Nations organisation dedicated to ending the injustices of poverty, inequality, and climate change. In Bhutan, UNDP has worked alongside the Royal Government and its people since 1973 to enhance development outcomes through innovation, digitalisation, development financing, partnerships, state-of-the-art global knowledge, and technical expertise.

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Bhutan pilots an innovative care tool to strengthen care planning

Care Georeferencing Tool pilot in Thimphu will map care needs, existing services, accessibility gaps, and investment priorities

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2816

Hectares

of agriculture land brought under sustainable land management practices, benefitting 100,000+ farmers.

93

Percent

of eligible population vaccinated against COVID-19 with Bhutan Vaccine System supported by UNDP helping ensure smooth and efficient roll out of vaccines.

127072

Farmers

are equipped with climate-resilient farming skills, techniques and infrastructure to tackle poverty.

10

Irrigation

schemes with climate-resilient features built to irrigate 2000 acres of agricultural land, benefiting almost thousands of farmers across 10 districts.

162500

Hectares

of forest brought under sustainable forest management practices.

20

Percent

of pregnant women in rural Bhutan have access to quality prenatal care.

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