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UNDP Transformation Series
The UNDP Transformation Series gathers progressive ideas and voices on achieving the 2030 Agenda through UNDP's Strategic Plan.
The science of delivery, the art of transformation … and everything in between
Does the development sector have the capacity, and the will, to renew itself?

New tools encourage the momentum for SDG investment
Investments have dropped by a third due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

An urgent World Water Day call to action
Promoting Indigenous solutions for water security amid the climate crisis.

Healthy forests provide a pathway to fight climate change and unlock green recovery
Forests are a core natural climate solution, critical to addressing the climate emergency.

Looking to nature to best fight climate change
Nature-based solutions, offer huge, simple, and cost-effective opportunities.

Climate change isn’t gender neutral. Climate action shouldn’t be either
Gender disparities show that climate change does not affect all people in the same way.

Climate change adaptation priorities help address everyday risks
Climate financing needs to be scaled up and targeted in a different manner.

Helping small go big; mainstreaming what happens in the margins
Frugal innovations meet communities' specific needs.

Make Charles Darwin proud; save the Galapagos from your living room
New initiative supports the guardians of one of the world's most precious and historic ecosystems.

South Korea's Green New Deal in the year of transition
Country launches bold and ambitious plans for carbon neutrality.

What surveying 50 countries taught us about climate action
World’s largest survey shows majority want far reaching climate action.

The beginning of a decade of reimagining and rethinking
Rethinking a sustainable future for people and planet.

High hopes and high expectations for climate finance
It is urgent to channel, accelerate and expand finance for solutions to tackle the climate crisis.

Five reasons to be optimistic about climate action
Why the Paris Agreement remains as important as ever.

Small island developing states do not have the luxury of time
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned Small Island Developing States economies and livelihoods on end.
