2022: Year in Review

With support from partners, last year UNDP China saw important achievements in its mission to advance the SDGs

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UN Policy Dialogue Tackles the Challenge of Increasing Women’s Participation and Leadership in Science

UNDP China and UN Women co-host a policy dialogue convening key stakeholders from around the world to discuss empowering women in science.

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UNDP Releases its New Human Development Report Highlighting Heightened Global Uncertainty and Calling for New Development Course Forward

The latest Human Development Report, “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”, launched by UNDP, argues that layers of uncertainty are stacking up and interacting to unsettle life in unprecedented ways.

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China in Numbers (2022)

As the second iteration in the China in Numbers series, this brief presents key statistics to picture China’s development landscape in 2022 from three dimensions: economy, people as well as energy and emissions.

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Stockholm+50 Stakeholder Consultation in China - A Summary Report

This report distills the key insights and messages from the joint UNDP and UNEP China national consultation on Stockholm+50

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50 Years On, Time to Save Our Planet is Almost Up

Today, more than half the global economy and 1.2 billion jobs also depend on nature. So, 50 years on from the 1972 Stockholm Conference, the urgency of putting this into action－in policies and practices－is as pertinent as ever and indeed mounting.

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Climate Action? 5 Steps our Office is Taking!

See how UNDP China is walking the talk on going low-carbon

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What we do

UNDP assists China in integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into development decisions, promotes the transition to an inclusive, low-carbon economy and a sustainable society, protects biodiversity, and informs China’s international development cooperation engagement to advance global progress on the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.

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China's Green Development: Key Takeaways From 2021

Fighting both climate change and biodiversity loss is critical to protecting people and planet, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To this end, China’s green development has the potential to make significant contributions to both domestic and global efforts. In 2021, UNDP China convened several policy dialogues and published a number of policy and issue briefs analyzing newly released policy documents including China's 14th Five-Year Plan, which will shape China's green development for years to come. Here, we sum up the main takeaways and insights from these briefs as well as key recommendations moving forward.

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China's Green Development: Key Takeaways

Our impact

57

million tonnes

cumulative greenhouse gas emissions cut (2016-21)

31.3

million

people given access to clean water (since 2011)

1.9

million

Hectares of land included as Protected Areas (as of 2019)

30

%

of HCFC Consumption phased-out

113

billion

Litres of water saved (since 2011)

5

billion RMB

SDG Bond issued with NDB

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