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Mobilizing Insurance Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure

This report breaks down the technical, regulatory, and financing challenges insurers face in scaling investment into low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and offers solutions and insights…  


‘Best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection - joint study by UNDP, NASA and WCS

The world’s ‘best of the last’ tropical forests are at significant risk of being lost, according to a joint paper- A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical…  


New Partnership with GCF to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions in Ghana

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved US$54.5 million Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions project to address the alarming deforestation and forest degradation challenges in the Northern…  


New partnership with GCF to support 3.7m Sudanese with water and food security

Government of Sudan, Green Climate Fund, UNDP sign grant to support 3.7m people with climate-resilient water and food security.  


Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities

The objective of this report is to explore innovative financing instruments and approaches for catalyzing private sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities.  


Virtual Equator Prize Ceremony announced

This year’s Equator Prize Award Ceremony – themed “Nature for Life” – will honour ten outstanding Indigenous and local groups from across the world. Each winner showcases innovative, nature-based…  


"It's my bank for my children's future."

Restoring small farms and forests in Samoa.  


Digital transformation to recover into a green economy

A look at emerging trends in developing economies which have the potential to make a lasting impact.  


Call for Online Volunteers: Join the 'Young Environmental Journalists'

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), UNDP, and UN Volunteers (UNV) launch the second phase of the ‘Young Environmental Journalists’ campaign, to address environmental and…  


Treating the forest like family

In Armenia, potecting an important source of water and biodiversity.  

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