A FUTURE BEYOND PLASTICS

UNDP is devising innovative solutions for safeguarding the environment and advocating for the elimination of plastics on the planet.

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For people and planet, plastic pollution must end

Humanity has wreaked havoc on the environment, particularly in one highly visible way: our planet is becoming a dumping ground for plastic.

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UNDP: Mitigating data challenges is imperative for human development and getting the SDGs back on track

At the UN World Data Forum in Hangzhou, China, UNDP highlighted the immense need for mitigating data challenges to get back on track with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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UNDP China and Industrial Securities Co Ltd partner to identify potential investment opportunities within China’s carbon neutral sector

UNDP China and Industrial Securities Co Ltd partnered with each other to launch the SDG Investor Map Phase II, identifying potential investment opportunities within China's carbon-neutral sector.

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Excerpts from UNDP’s global Human Development Report 2021-22: A perspective from China

This brief presents key messages of the 2021-2022 report and adds China specific data and discussion to help audience better understand the key insights of the report in China’s context.

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Taking a South-South Route

South-South cooperation, where developing countries mutually share knowledge, skills, expertise and resources to meet their sustainable development needs, is a key example of how shared solidarity can help to address global challenges and advance the 2030 Agenda.

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Four Decades of Partnership with China to Build a Sustainable Future for All

UNDP Resident Representative in China Beate Trankmann interviewed by World Affairs Pictorial: Foreign Affairs Horizon on topics including UNDP's development achievements over its four decades long history in China.

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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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UNDP’s Global Human Development Report 2021-22: A Perspective from China

This brief presents key messages of the 2021-2022 report and adds China specific data and discussion to help audience better understand the key insights of the report in China’s context.

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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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