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Re-thinking governance in the Anthropocene
Governments are struggling to adapt in a time of unprecedented compounding of global crises.
RBEC Launch of the 2020 Human Development Report
2020 has defied all expectations. A tiny virus has humbled the human race, threatening to reverse decades of development.
Norway Launch of the 2020 Human Development Report
As this report sets out, human pressures on the planet have grown exponentially in the past 100 years. We have achieved incredible things, but we have taken the Earth to the brink.
Global Launch of the 2020 Human Development Report
Thank you, Prime Minister Löfven, for hosting this global launch, and thank you to everyone who joined us today.
The Next Frontier
The story of how humans are changing Planet Earth
Broken societies put people and planet on collision course, says UNDP
The 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report introduces an experimental new lens to its annual Human Development Index.
High-Level meeting on Trends, Options and Strategies in Poverty Eradication Across the World
We are living through the most traumatic socio-economic crisis in modern times, both in terms of amplitude and depth, since the 1929 Great Depression.
2020 Human Development Report to focus on meeting people’s aspirations in balance with the planet
COVID-19 and its unprecedented effects on human development are a wake-up call to the potential consequences for people’s wellbeing from the relentless pressure we are placing on nature and the…
COVID-19 and Human Development: Exploring global preparedness and vulnerability
COVID-19 crisis is more than a global health emergency; it is a systemic human development crisis, reflecting our interaction with the ecosystem we are part of, which is already affecting the economic…
