This issue brief provides policy makers with information on how UNDP is responding to the challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).  Read more

Since 2004, UNDP has been assisting countries in their efforts to sustainably manage the use, disposal, and destruction of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), working with private sector partners…  Read more

UNDP addresses the Global Food and Agricultural Commodities Systems (FACS) and has identified transformative pathways towards engendering system change.  Read more

This paper proposes a framework for stakeholders, businesses and policy makers in government to understand how megatrends are disrupting the way global value is created and distributed through global…  Read more

UN, Germany, the U.K. and the insurance industry today announced a series of coordinated commitments aimed at increasing climate change resilience for the most vulnerable countries, on the eve of the…  Read more

In response to country needs to mobilize low-carbon, climate-resilient investments, a new global public good announced today will aim to increase the flow of capital in developing countries to meet…  Read more

Game of Thrones star and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has just returned from a fact-finding journey to Peru, where he traveled deep into the jungles of the Amazon with the UN agency…  Read more

At what might be the most high-profile summit on climate change since the 2015 UN conference that led to the Paris Agreement, nature will play a central role as a lead theme and one of the key six…  Read more

Developing countries are leading the world in responding to climate change, according to a new report launched today which calls for bold, urgent action to limit the impacts of global warming.  Read more

UNDP is pleased to invite you and your guests to our flagship event showcasing how the world can take swift and meaningful action on climate change and how UNDP is delivering on its commitment to…  Read more