UNDP has supported over 140 countries to access over $2.8 billion in climate finance since 2008. Key results of UNDP's climate change portfolio include:
- 45 countries developing early warning systems, benefiting over 26 million people
- 102 countries scaling up climate-resilient livelihoods and risk management, benefiting over 12.9 million hectares of forests protected
- 30 countries adopting renewable energy, avoiding 522.7 million tons of CO2 emissions
- 43 countries supported in preparing climate pledges to the Paris Agreement
The document discusses sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is a presentation by Samrat Gurung, a SDG activist and co-founder of SDG Network Nepal. It provides background on SDGs, including their origins from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and goals to promote social, economic, and environmental sustainability globally by 2030. It also outlines Nepal's involvement in SDGs through activities like students and the SDG community as well as government participation.
Sustainable Development Goals and the Climate Change Agreement Mabel Tola-Winjobi
Felix Dodds is a Senior Fellow at the Global Research Institute and a Senior Affiliate of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina and an Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute.
Sustainable Development, Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable D...ESD UNU-IAS
The document provides an overview of a talk on sustainable development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It discusses how the meaning of development has changed over time from colonial exploitation to the current focus on sustainability. It also outlines the origins and processes around establishing the MDGs and SDGs. The MDGs made progress on goals like reducing poverty and improving access to water but fell short on other targets. The SDGs expand on the MDGs with 17 universal goals. Finally, the document discusses why Malaysia, as an upper-middle income country, needs a sustainability reform agenda to address cross-cutting risks from issues like resource scarcity, inequality, and threats to national
This document discusses the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides background on the SDGs, noting they were adopted in 2015 and include 17 global goals addressing urgent environmental, social and economic challenges. The goals aim to be achieved by 2030 and cover issues like ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting oceans and forests. Each goal has specific targets and indicators to measure progress. The document outlines the goals and some of their key targets to work towards achieving environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development worldwide by 2030.
The document summarizes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The SDGs aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all people by 2030. They replaced the Millennium Development Goals and have a broader focus on environmental sustainability and inclusion. The goals address issues like poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, water, energy, economic growth, infrastructure, inequality, cities, consumption, climate change, oceans, ecosystems, and peace and justice. Achieving the integrated and interconnected SDGs will require efforts to balance social, economic, and environmental issues globally.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals - A guided tour in the context of food, ...SIANI
This presentation was held by Alan AtKisson at the interntional seminar 'Livestock Resources for Food Security in the Light of Climate Change' co-hosted by SIANI and SLU Global in Uppsala on the 11th of March 2016.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals and why can they change the world?Martin Edwards
On April 20, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted a talk by Jimena Leiva-Roesch, formerly of the Guatemalan Mission and now currently a policy analyst with the International Peace Institute. Her talk was titled "What are the Sustainable Development Goals and why can they change the world?”
The document discusses sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is a presentation by Samrat Gurung, a SDG activist and co-founder of SDG Network Nepal. It provides background on SDGs, including their origins from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and goals to promote social, economic, and environmental sustainability globally by 2030. It also outlines Nepal's involvement in SDGs through activities like students and the SDG community as well as government participation.
Sustainable Development Goals and the Climate Change Agreement Mabel Tola-Winjobi
Felix Dodds is a Senior Fellow at the Global Research Institute and a Senior Affiliate of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina and an Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute.
Sustainable Development, Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable D...ESD UNU-IAS
The document provides an overview of a talk on sustainable development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It discusses how the meaning of development has changed over time from colonial exploitation to the current focus on sustainability. It also outlines the origins and processes around establishing the MDGs and SDGs. The MDGs made progress on goals like reducing poverty and improving access to water but fell short on other targets. The SDGs expand on the MDGs with 17 universal goals. Finally, the document discusses why Malaysia, as an upper-middle income country, needs a sustainability reform agenda to address cross-cutting risks from issues like resource scarcity, inequality, and threats to national
This document discusses the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides background on the SDGs, noting they were adopted in 2015 and include 17 global goals addressing urgent environmental, social and economic challenges. The goals aim to be achieved by 2030 and cover issues like ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting oceans and forests. Each goal has specific targets and indicators to measure progress. The document outlines the goals and some of their key targets to work towards achieving environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development worldwide by 2030.
The document summarizes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The SDGs aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all people by 2030. They replaced the Millennium Development Goals and have a broader focus on environmental sustainability and inclusion. The goals address issues like poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, water, energy, economic growth, infrastructure, inequality, cities, consumption, climate change, oceans, ecosystems, and peace and justice. Achieving the integrated and interconnected SDGs will require efforts to balance social, economic, and environmental issues globally.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals - A guided tour in the context of food, ...SIANI
This presentation was held by Alan AtKisson at the interntional seminar 'Livestock Resources for Food Security in the Light of Climate Change' co-hosted by SIANI and SLU Global in Uppsala on the 11th of March 2016.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals and why can they change the world?Martin Edwards
On April 20, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted a talk by Jimena Leiva-Roesch, formerly of the Guatemalan Mission and now currently a policy analyst with the International Peace Institute. Her talk was titled "What are the Sustainable Development Goals and why can they change the world?”
As presented at the Bradford Development Lecture
Global Governance and Sustainable Development Goals: All Change... No Change?
On 1st January 2016 the world moved from implementing the poverty reducing Millennium Development Goals to pursuing the poverty eradicating, prosperity promoting and sustainability enhancing Sustainable Development Goals. The UN has frames the new goals as ‘transformational’ but is this correct… or, are the SDGs merely another smaller scale, episodic advance?
In this lecture Professor Hulme assess the evidence and analyses the processes underpinning the MDGs to SDGs shift.
The document summarizes goals 10-17 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides brief descriptions of each goal, including:
Goal 10 on reducing inequalities, Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities, Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production, Goal 13 on climate action, Goal 14 on life below water, Goal 15 on life on land, Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions, and Goal 17 on partnerships for the goals. The SDGs aim to achieve a more sustainable future and leave no one behind.
Climate change will significantly impact South Asia through increased poverty, effects on agriculture and food security, reduced water availability, and increased health issues. The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to address these impacts by focusing on poverty eradication, food security, water and sanitation, energy access, and building climate resilience. However, some argue the goals could more explicitly address natural limits to growth, adaptation, inequality, and governance issues. While integrating climate change across multiple goals is positive, ensuring meaningful commitments and financing remains a challenge.
Sustainable development goals...ak 07.07.16arijitkundu88
this is a ppt of sustainable development goals mostly i covered the part associated with medical and health part. i also tried to cover millennium development goals. I hope it will help you all.
SDG 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. It has various targets including access to clean water, reducing pollution, improving water quality by reducing dumping of hazardous chemicals. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of clean water and sanitation as hand washing is critical to prevent spread but billions lack access. Progress on SDG 6 positively impacts other goals and challenges include financing, data, capacity and innovation.
Sustainable Development Goals Target 12.2.pdfFatimaBni
This presentation summarizes Target 12.2 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: 'By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.' It discusses initiatives by countries and organizations like the UN to work towards this target through sustainable agriculture, reducing plastic use and pollution. However, progress has been slow, with material footprint and natural resource use continuing to rise in most places. Achieving the target's benefits like economic competitiveness and poverty reduction will require stronger policies, awareness campaigns, and more sustainable consumption and production patterns worldwide.
Preamble : the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet:
People …
Planet …
Prosperity …
Peace …
Partnership …
This document provides an overview of sustainable development goals (SDGs) through a presentation submitted by students. It defines SDGs as goals set by the UN to develop a set of international development goals. It discusses key topics around SDGs including definitions, sustainability, Rio+20, institutions working on SDGs, and member states represented in developing the goals. The presentation aims to educate about SDGs and their focus on issues like poverty, environment, health, education, and more.
Sustainable development is the idea that human societies must meet their needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The Sustainable Development Objectives cover social development, environmental protection, and economic growth. They aim to stimulate action in critically important areas like poverty, hunger, education, health, gender equality, water, and sanitation. In 1992, five agreements were made for sustainable development, including Agenda 21, the Rio declaration, a statement on forests, the framework convention on climate change, and the convention on biological diversity.
In this 10th annual performance report of the UNDP Global Environmental Finance (UNDP-GEF) Unit, we show how investments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—on affordable and clean energy (7), climate action (13), life below water (14), and life on land (15)—accelerate the achievement of other goals aimed at eradicating poverty (1), achieving zero hunger (2), achieving gender equality (5), reducing inequalities (10), and building strong institutions (16).
Throughout this report, we weave a story of transformational change that can be realized by addressing the key drivers of environmental degradation through multifaceted and integrated approaches. From the global to the local level, the impacts emerging from our work demonstrate progress being made toward realizing environmental and development benefits.
Our work contributes to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment—as outlined in the Gender in Action section of this report—and the Agenda 2030 principle to ‘leave no one behind’.
This document discusses the results of a survey measuring global public familiarity with and perceived importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The key findings are:
- 74% of respondents across 28 countries have some awareness of the SDGs, ranging from 92% in Turkey to 49-51% in Japan, UK, US and Canada.
- 26% feel very or somewhat familiar with the SDGs, ranging from 55% in India to 8% in Japan.
- The top five most important SDGs according to respondents are ending hunger, clean water and sanitation, good health and well-being, affordable clean energy, and life below water.
This document summarizes a presentation about implementation challenges for achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in South Asia by 2030 and the role of global partnerships. It notes that South Asia accounts for 36% of the world's poor and faces development gaps, so achieving the SDGs is critical for the region and world. It identifies seven key policy priorities for South Asia, including job creation, infrastructure, education, health, social protection, agriculture, and low carbon growth. Closing capacity gaps in areas like finance, technology, data, and partnerships will also be important. Regional cooperation can help with contextualizing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing progress on the SDGs in South Asia.
Sustainable development aims to meet present needs without compromising future generations by protecting resources. It requires scientists, economists, and social scientists to work together on sustainability issues. The document outlines 9 objectives for sustainable development, including continuing family planning programs, maintaining land and water resources, reducing pollution, and implementing ecological projects. It discusses definitions of sustainability, sustainable development goals, climate change, and statistics on countries' pollution emissions. Making commitments to sustainability is important but achieving results requires measurement of progress.
This document summarizes a presentation on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India, with a focus on ensuring no state falls behind. It discusses India's mixed performance on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and lessons for the SDGs. Key factors that caused poor performance for some states on the MDGs included lack of economic growth, insufficient priority of resources for human development, inefficient service delivery, lack of basic infrastructure, and lack of gender empowerment. The document outlines eight policy priorities for lagging states to catch up, such as focusing on growth, prioritizing expenditures, improving service delivery efficiency, policy and institutional reforms, innovation, partnerships, and seeking central government support.
What the Sustainable Development Goals mean for businessMK-Africa
The document discusses business opportunities related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It identifies Goals 8, 9, and 12 as being most relevant to business. Goal 8 focuses on employment, labor rights, and training. Goal 9 promotes sustainable industrialization. Goal 12 encourages sustainable consumption and production practices like reducing food waste and adopting circular economy approaches. The document also notes business sectors like food/drink, energy, water, and fishing that have direct stakes in achieving several SDGs.
Poverty is one of the biggest obstacles to human development and economic growth. Although progress has been made in reducing the global number of the poor, about 767 million people continue to live in extreme poverty and inequalities are still pervasive. Most of them live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
With the adoption of the Agenda 2030, countries have renewed their commitment to fight against poverty and hunger. As part of its mandate, FAO supports countries to reduce rural poverty by ensuring that processes of structural and rural transformation are pro-poor and inclusive, to make sure that no one is left behind.
In helping countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger FAO’s multi-sectoral approach aims to address the social, economic and daily challenges that poor rural people face. This includes increasing access to natural resources and other assets for the rural poor, creating decent employment in agriculture and the rural economy, building strong social protection systems, strengthening rural institutions and empowering the rural poor to benefit from the development process.
Main messages It is 20 years since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), Our Common Future, emphasized the need for a sustainable way of life which not only addresses current environmental challenges but also ensures a secure society well into the future. This chapter analyses the evolution of such ideas as well as global trends in relation to environment and socio-economic development.
The following are its main messages: The world has changed radically since 1987 – socially, economically and environmentally. Global population has grown by more than 1.7 billion, from about 5 billion people. The global economy has expanded and is now characterized by increasing globalization. Worldwide, GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) has increased from US$5 927 in 1987 to US$8 162 in 2004. However, growth has been distributed unequally between regions. Global trade has increased during the past 20 years, fuelled by globalization, better communication, and low transportation costs.
Technology has also changed. Communications have been revolutionized with the growth of telecommunications and the Internet. Worldwide, mobile phone subscribers increased from 2 people per 1 000 in 1990 to 220 per 1 000 in 2003. Internet use increased from 1 person per 1 000 in 1990 to 114 per 1 000 in 2003. Finally, political changes have also been extensive. Human population and economic growth has increased demand on resources. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) recognized 20 years ago that the environment, economic and social issues are interlinked. It recommended that the three be integrated into development decision making.
In defining sustainable development, the Commission acknowledged the need for both intra- and intergenerational equity – development that meets not only today’s human needs but also those of more people in the future. Changing drivers, such as population growth, economic activities and consumption patterns, have placed increasing pressure on the environment. Serious and persistent barriers to sustainable development remain. In the past 20 years, there has been limited integration of environment into development decision making.
Environmental degradation is therefore undermining development and threatens future development progress. Development is a process that enables people to better their well-being. Long-term development can only be achieved through sustainable management of various assets: financial, material, human, social and natural. Natural assets, including water, soils, plants and animals, underpin people’s livelihoods. Environmental degradation also threatens all aspects of human well-being. Environmental degradation has been demonstrably linked to human health problems, including some types of cancers, vector-borne diseases, emerging animal to human disease transfer, nutritional deficits and respiratory illnesses.
Alfonso Buxens, UNDP Procurement Specialist presented the SPHS and UNDP's commitment to green its own procurement policies and practices at the Medical Procurement Workshop. The workshop took place on 21-22 September 2017 in Odesa, Ukraine.
This presentation give a person various information from the functions, the people who have lead it, achievements and lots of other information on the UNDP.
As presented at the Bradford Development Lecture
Global Governance and Sustainable Development Goals: All Change... No Change?
On 1st January 2016 the world moved from implementing the poverty reducing Millennium Development Goals to pursuing the poverty eradicating, prosperity promoting and sustainability enhancing Sustainable Development Goals. The UN has frames the new goals as ‘transformational’ but is this correct… or, are the SDGs merely another smaller scale, episodic advance?
In this lecture Professor Hulme assess the evidence and analyses the processes underpinning the MDGs to SDGs shift.
The document summarizes goals 10-17 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides brief descriptions of each goal, including:
Goal 10 on reducing inequalities, Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities, Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production, Goal 13 on climate action, Goal 14 on life below water, Goal 15 on life on land, Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions, and Goal 17 on partnerships for the goals. The SDGs aim to achieve a more sustainable future and leave no one behind.
Climate change will significantly impact South Asia through increased poverty, effects on agriculture and food security, reduced water availability, and increased health issues. The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to address these impacts by focusing on poverty eradication, food security, water and sanitation, energy access, and building climate resilience. However, some argue the goals could more explicitly address natural limits to growth, adaptation, inequality, and governance issues. While integrating climate change across multiple goals is positive, ensuring meaningful commitments and financing remains a challenge.
Sustainable development goals...ak 07.07.16arijitkundu88
this is a ppt of sustainable development goals mostly i covered the part associated with medical and health part. i also tried to cover millennium development goals. I hope it will help you all.
SDG 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. It has various targets including access to clean water, reducing pollution, improving water quality by reducing dumping of hazardous chemicals. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of clean water and sanitation as hand washing is critical to prevent spread but billions lack access. Progress on SDG 6 positively impacts other goals and challenges include financing, data, capacity and innovation.
Sustainable Development Goals Target 12.2.pdfFatimaBni
This presentation summarizes Target 12.2 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: 'By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.' It discusses initiatives by countries and organizations like the UN to work towards this target through sustainable agriculture, reducing plastic use and pollution. However, progress has been slow, with material footprint and natural resource use continuing to rise in most places. Achieving the target's benefits like economic competitiveness and poverty reduction will require stronger policies, awareness campaigns, and more sustainable consumption and production patterns worldwide.
Preamble : the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet:
People …
Planet …
Prosperity …
Peace …
Partnership …
This document provides an overview of sustainable development goals (SDGs) through a presentation submitted by students. It defines SDGs as goals set by the UN to develop a set of international development goals. It discusses key topics around SDGs including definitions, sustainability, Rio+20, institutions working on SDGs, and member states represented in developing the goals. The presentation aims to educate about SDGs and their focus on issues like poverty, environment, health, education, and more.
Sustainable development is the idea that human societies must meet their needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The Sustainable Development Objectives cover social development, environmental protection, and economic growth. They aim to stimulate action in critically important areas like poverty, hunger, education, health, gender equality, water, and sanitation. In 1992, five agreements were made for sustainable development, including Agenda 21, the Rio declaration, a statement on forests, the framework convention on climate change, and the convention on biological diversity.
In this 10th annual performance report of the UNDP Global Environmental Finance (UNDP-GEF) Unit, we show how investments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—on affordable and clean energy (7), climate action (13), life below water (14), and life on land (15)—accelerate the achievement of other goals aimed at eradicating poverty (1), achieving zero hunger (2), achieving gender equality (5), reducing inequalities (10), and building strong institutions (16).
Throughout this report, we weave a story of transformational change that can be realized by addressing the key drivers of environmental degradation through multifaceted and integrated approaches. From the global to the local level, the impacts emerging from our work demonstrate progress being made toward realizing environmental and development benefits.
Our work contributes to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment—as outlined in the Gender in Action section of this report—and the Agenda 2030 principle to ‘leave no one behind’.
This document discusses the results of a survey measuring global public familiarity with and perceived importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The key findings are:
- 74% of respondents across 28 countries have some awareness of the SDGs, ranging from 92% in Turkey to 49-51% in Japan, UK, US and Canada.
- 26% feel very or somewhat familiar with the SDGs, ranging from 55% in India to 8% in Japan.
- The top five most important SDGs according to respondents are ending hunger, clean water and sanitation, good health and well-being, affordable clean energy, and life below water.
This document summarizes a presentation about implementation challenges for achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in South Asia by 2030 and the role of global partnerships. It notes that South Asia accounts for 36% of the world's poor and faces development gaps, so achieving the SDGs is critical for the region and world. It identifies seven key policy priorities for South Asia, including job creation, infrastructure, education, health, social protection, agriculture, and low carbon growth. Closing capacity gaps in areas like finance, technology, data, and partnerships will also be important. Regional cooperation can help with contextualizing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing progress on the SDGs in South Asia.
Sustainable development aims to meet present needs without compromising future generations by protecting resources. It requires scientists, economists, and social scientists to work together on sustainability issues. The document outlines 9 objectives for sustainable development, including continuing family planning programs, maintaining land and water resources, reducing pollution, and implementing ecological projects. It discusses definitions of sustainability, sustainable development goals, climate change, and statistics on countries' pollution emissions. Making commitments to sustainability is important but achieving results requires measurement of progress.
This document summarizes a presentation on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India, with a focus on ensuring no state falls behind. It discusses India's mixed performance on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and lessons for the SDGs. Key factors that caused poor performance for some states on the MDGs included lack of economic growth, insufficient priority of resources for human development, inefficient service delivery, lack of basic infrastructure, and lack of gender empowerment. The document outlines eight policy priorities for lagging states to catch up, such as focusing on growth, prioritizing expenditures, improving service delivery efficiency, policy and institutional reforms, innovation, partnerships, and seeking central government support.
What the Sustainable Development Goals mean for businessMK-Africa
The document discusses business opportunities related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It identifies Goals 8, 9, and 12 as being most relevant to business. Goal 8 focuses on employment, labor rights, and training. Goal 9 promotes sustainable industrialization. Goal 12 encourages sustainable consumption and production practices like reducing food waste and adopting circular economy approaches. The document also notes business sectors like food/drink, energy, water, and fishing that have direct stakes in achieving several SDGs.
Poverty is one of the biggest obstacles to human development and economic growth. Although progress has been made in reducing the global number of the poor, about 767 million people continue to live in extreme poverty and inequalities are still pervasive. Most of them live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
With the adoption of the Agenda 2030, countries have renewed their commitment to fight against poverty and hunger. As part of its mandate, FAO supports countries to reduce rural poverty by ensuring that processes of structural and rural transformation are pro-poor and inclusive, to make sure that no one is left behind.
In helping countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger FAO’s multi-sectoral approach aims to address the social, economic and daily challenges that poor rural people face. This includes increasing access to natural resources and other assets for the rural poor, creating decent employment in agriculture and the rural economy, building strong social protection systems, strengthening rural institutions and empowering the rural poor to benefit from the development process.
Main messages It is 20 years since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), Our Common Future, emphasized the need for a sustainable way of life which not only addresses current environmental challenges but also ensures a secure society well into the future. This chapter analyses the evolution of such ideas as well as global trends in relation to environment and socio-economic development.
The following are its main messages: The world has changed radically since 1987 – socially, economically and environmentally. Global population has grown by more than 1.7 billion, from about 5 billion people. The global economy has expanded and is now characterized by increasing globalization. Worldwide, GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) has increased from US$5 927 in 1987 to US$8 162 in 2004. However, growth has been distributed unequally between regions. Global trade has increased during the past 20 years, fuelled by globalization, better communication, and low transportation costs.
Technology has also changed. Communications have been revolutionized with the growth of telecommunications and the Internet. Worldwide, mobile phone subscribers increased from 2 people per 1 000 in 1990 to 220 per 1 000 in 2003. Internet use increased from 1 person per 1 000 in 1990 to 114 per 1 000 in 2003. Finally, political changes have also been extensive. Human population and economic growth has increased demand on resources. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) recognized 20 years ago that the environment, economic and social issues are interlinked. It recommended that the three be integrated into development decision making.
In defining sustainable development, the Commission acknowledged the need for both intra- and intergenerational equity – development that meets not only today’s human needs but also those of more people in the future. Changing drivers, such as population growth, economic activities and consumption patterns, have placed increasing pressure on the environment. Serious and persistent barriers to sustainable development remain. In the past 20 years, there has been limited integration of environment into development decision making.
Environmental degradation is therefore undermining development and threatens future development progress. Development is a process that enables people to better their well-being. Long-term development can only be achieved through sustainable management of various assets: financial, material, human, social and natural. Natural assets, including water, soils, plants and animals, underpin people’s livelihoods. Environmental degradation also threatens all aspects of human well-being. Environmental degradation has been demonstrably linked to human health problems, including some types of cancers, vector-borne diseases, emerging animal to human disease transfer, nutritional deficits and respiratory illnesses.
Alfonso Buxens, UNDP Procurement Specialist presented the SPHS and UNDP's commitment to green its own procurement policies and practices at the Medical Procurement Workshop. The workshop took place on 21-22 September 2017 in Odesa, Ukraine.
This presentation give a person various information from the functions, the people who have lead it, achievements and lots of other information on the UNDP.
Simple and blue PPT template for business PT or presentation in school.
It has 2 version of cover slide. So if you choose it, plz you 'contents' slide, the 3th one, as an introduction slide. But if you use the 4th slide as cover, don't need to use 3th slide cz you can write down introduction under the slide. I put phone image as an example but it can be substituted with whatever you want!
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This very short document appears to be testing SlideShare's upload features. It contains only a few words of text including "Test up load", "Test upload", and "Testing slideshare’s upload features". The document concludes with "Thank You!".
The document provides an introduction to climate change, covering the science of climate change including the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases, climate change impacts, and climate change policies and response measures. It discusses the natural greenhouse effect, the key greenhouse gases, and how increased greenhouse gases are leading to global warming and climate change impacts. It also briefly outlines climate change modeling and projections for future temperature and precipitation changes, as well as some potential impacts of climate change.
The annual report summarizes UNDP's work in Indonesia in 2011/2012. It highlights achievements across UNDP's four program areas: poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, democratic governance, and environment and energy. UNDP implements activities aligned with Indonesia's national development plan and the UN Partnership Framework. The report outlines progress made in supporting Indonesia's development goals through national partnerships and capacity development.
The UNDP Innovation Facility supported 49 initiatives across 54 countries in 2014 with the goal of testing innovative solutions to development challenges. The initiatives focused on supporting citizen engagement, strategic government foresight, and co-designing solutions through innovation labs and camps. Some highlights included the uptake of strategic foresight tools by governments in Rwanda and Tonga, the launch of a mobile innovation lab in Haiti to support youth entrepreneurship, and the collection of citizen feedback on issues through mobile platforms in several countries. The Facility also funded the development of tools like the Development Impact and You toolkit. Lessons learned included a need for greater focus on scaling initiatives, co-design with rural populations, and changing rules to mainstream new processes like open innovation.
The 2016 Annual Performance Report of the UNDP Global Environmental Finance (UNDP-GEF) Unit highlights how UNDP's partnership with environmental vertical funds has helped to transform markets, empower and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities, and build the capacity of countries to safeguard their natural capital as the foundation of sustainable development. 2016 marked UNDP’s 50th year as a leader in international development, and the 25th year of the outstanding partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
The ‘Demonstrating Impact’ section of this report provides a snapshot of progress made in delivering impact in 143 countries through 810 active projects. The ‘Gender in Action’ section features areas of impact including: supporting women’s economic empowerment, closing gender gaps in natural resource management, and building gender responsive national policies. Infographics highlighting global and regional results and alignment of UNDP-GEF’s work with the SDGs are present throughout the report. Also, included for the first time, is a corporate scorecard that tracks the efficiency and effectiveness of the portfolio of GEF-financed projects, demonstrating UNDP’s commitment to deliver value for money to those who support UNDP’s mission.
Keeping track on enviromental changing in the worledwalled ashwah
This document provides an overview and summary of environmental trends from 1992 to the present based on statistical data and indicators. It finds that while there have been some improvements, such as reductions in ozone-depleting chemicals and increases in renewable energy, the environment continues to deteriorate in many areas. Population and economic growth continue to increase pressure on natural resources, and issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and pollution persist or are worsening. The report aims to inform discussions at the 2012 Rio+20 Conference on progress toward sustainable development goals and identify priority actions going forward.
Climate Change Adaptation in the Arab StatesUNDP Climate
The purpose of this publication is to detail lessons learned from UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation work and achievements in the Arab region on achieving sustainable and lasting results. Some lessons include building local capacity at all levels to ensure a project’s long-term viability, decentralizing infrastructure management, implicating community-based organizations, and promoting resilience of vulnerable populations through livelihood diversification. Providing populations with access to adapted financial services such as Weather Index Insurances (WII) linked with microfinance services was found to support rural populations to become more resilient to climate induced damages. The immediate objective of this publication is not only to share experiences with a wider audience, but also to inform future CCA programming. The publication furthermore acts as a call to action to facilitate a long-term coordinated approach to increasing the resilience of countries most vulnerable to climate change in the region.
The document outlines 17 global goals for sustainable development that were agreed upon by countries in 2015, including goals to end poverty, hunger, and inequality; promote health, education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation; ensure access to affordable and clean energy; take action on climate change; and strengthen global partnerships. It provides the goals, targets, and indicators that will be used to measure progress toward achieving the goals by 2030. The United Nations Development Programme will play a key role in supporting countries' implementation of the sustainable development agenda.
(2012) UNDP The Future We Want: Biodiversity and Ecosystems— Driving Sustaina...Dr Lendy Spires
This document outlines UNDP's Biodiversity and Ecosystems Global Framework for 2012-2020 in response to the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. The framework establishes three signature programmes: 1) mainstreaming biodiversity into development planning and sectors, 2) unlocking the potential of protected areas for sustainable development, and 3) managing the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems. The framework is designed to help countries achieve the Aichi biodiversity targets by 2020 and leverage UNDP's expertise in biodiversity, ecosystems, poverty reduction and sustainable development to support countries in reversing biodiversity loss.
This document outlines UNDP's Biodiversity and Ecosystems Global Framework for 2012-2020. It notes that biodiversity loss threatens sustainable development by undermining the foundations of life on Earth. The framework shifts the focus to development opportunities through biodiversity and ecosystems by valuing their goods and services. It establishes three signature programmes: mainstreaming biodiversity into development; unlocking protected areas' potential; and managing climate change impacts. UNDP is well-positioned to support countries in achieving global biodiversity targets through integrated programming and as a trusted partner with decades of experience in the field.
This document outlines UNDP's Biodiversity and Ecosystems Global Framework for 2012-2020 in response to the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. The framework establishes three signature programmes: 1) mainstreaming biodiversity into development planning and sectoral policies, 2) unlocking the potential of protected areas for sustainable development, and 3) managing the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The framework is designed to help countries achieve the Aichi biodiversity targets by 2020 and leverage UNDP's expertise in biodiversity, ecosystems, poverty reduction and sustainable development to support countries in reversing biodiversity loss.
Articulating Social and Environmental Policy for Sustainable Development: Pra...Pilar Roman
Poverty Environment Initiative.
This publication identifies entry points to integrate environmental sustainability and social protection goals. It aims to contribute to the improvement of policy tools by providing practical examples of an integrated approach to the implementation of Agenda 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on the poverty-environment nexus. The potential policy tools that could serve this purpose include conditional cash transfers systems; multidimensional poverty measurement; payments for ecosystem services; and food security and nutrition programmes. The paper presents four specific examples from the region: the “Bolsa Verde” Programme in Brazil, Hands for Water Alliance in Colombia, Dominican Republic´s Single Beneficiary System, and the Strategic Project for Food Security in Mexico. The paper highlights concrete examples of existing tools and models in Latin America and the Caribbean that generate combined positive impacts on poverty reduction, social protection and environmental sustainability.
This document summarizes a webinar presentation by Dr. Magdalena Muir on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The webinar covered the UN process of establishing the SDGs, the outcome document outlining 17 proposed goals, and several case studies providing examples and visions for implementing the goals. It discussed the European Commission's vision for the SDGs, emphasizing universality, sustainability, and accountability. It also briefly discussed approaches for financing SDG implementation through public-private partnerships.
CEB 2014 - How the UN system supports ambitious Action on Climate Change enDr Lendy Spires
The document discusses how the United Nations system supports ambitious climate action through a wide range of projects and programs across sectors and countries. It provides examples of UN efforts to reduce emissions and build resilience in key areas like energy, transport, forests, cities and more. The UN agencies work together and with partners to leverage financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC and support national climate strategies through expertise and on-the-ground presence around the world.
Presentation Joakim Harlin, UNDP, 15th January UN Water Zaragoza Conference 2015water-decade
The document discusses the process of developing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) post-2015, with a focus on the inclusion and treatment of water-related issues. It outlines the key events and proposals regarding water in the SDG discussions from 2012-2014, including UN-Water and GWP consultations, the Open Working Group's proposed 17 goals with targets including one dedicated to water and sanitation (Goal 6), and the UN Secretary-General's synthesis report. It details next steps in the SDG negotiation process through 2015 and the roles of various UN agencies and stakeholders in indicator development, monitoring and advocacy to ensure water remains a priority issue.
INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS.pptxtayyabaslp21
The document provides an introduction to sustainable development goals (SDGs) by comparing them to the previous millennium development goals (MDGs). It discusses that the 17 SDGs adopted by the UN in 2015 aim to address poverty, inequality, climate change, and other issues by 2030 in all countries rather than just developing countries as the MDGs did. The SDGs also have broader focus areas like the environment, economy, and society, compared to the MDGs' narrower focus on poverty reduction.
The document discusses environmental sustainability and sustainable development goals. It provides information on key goals like affordable clean energy, no poverty, climate action, zero hunger, and the Paris Agreement. Case studies on the environmental management systems of Panasonic and McKinsey & Company are presented. The importance of environmental sustainability to businesses is discussed. Ways individuals can contribute to sustainability are listed as planting trees, supporting sustainability organizations, carpooling, recycling, and minimizing waste.
Towards a green economy in the Mediterranean. Assessment of National Green Ec...Luisa Nenci
Existing strategies that are publicly available and accessible and the opinions and perceptions of key Green Economy and Sustainability practitioners were the basis of the assessment. In a nutshell, the main outcome of the study is that the large majority of Mediterranean countries have out-dated or incomplete national GE/SD strategies. Often they are vague, not giving clear definitions or indicators. Only five countries (France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia) can claim to have good, up-to-date and detailed strategies with clear indicators, or – in the case of Italy – supporting legislation in place. Seven countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia and Spain) have outdated GE/SD strategies or none at all. The rest of the Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Palestine and Turkey) are somewhere in between these two groups of countries.
The report, Keeping Track of our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20, compiles relevant statistical data on population, climate change, energy and food security among other key issues, to draw a picture of the current environmental landscape, spotlighting challenges ahead.
Keeping track - UNEP : From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012) Zoely Mamizaka
- Evidence of human-caused climate change has strengthened, with global temperatures, sea levels, and carbon dioxide levels rising sharply.
- Awareness of biodiversity loss has grown, with over 28,000 species now threatened with extinction.
- Issues around chemicals, waste, and pollution have become more pressing as industrialization and consumption have increased globally.
- The scale of global challenges like energy, water, and food security has expanded rapidly with continuing population and economic growth.
- New technologies like the internet, smartphones, and renewable energy have transformed societies and economies around the world.
- International environmental law
Footprint Nachhaltigkeit Studie Quelle: www.unep.org/geo/pdfs/Keeping_Track.pdfFlorian Hörantner
Here are some of the key things that are new or have changed significantly since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit:
- Recognition of climate change as a serious global threat: The science establishing human-caused climate change has become much stronger. The impacts are also being felt through more extreme weather, sea level rise, and other changes.
- Awareness of biodiversity loss: There is greater understanding of the biodiversity crisis, with about 1 million species now threatened with extinction. The interconnectedness of ecosystems is also more widely recognized.
- Growth of sustainability concepts: Ideas like sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, eco-labels, and the green economy have become mainstream. Renewable energy is now a significant industry.
Keeping track twenty_years_later (from rio to rio+20)ESTHHUB
Here are some of the key things that are new or have changed significantly since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit:
- Recognition of climate change as a serious global problem. The science establishing human-caused warming has advanced greatly.
- Awareness of issues like loss of biodiversity, land degradation, water scarcity, and the impacts of pollution have increased.
- The ozone hole over Antarctica and efforts to repair it through the Montreal Protocol were not as well known in 1992.
- Cell phones, internet, and social media have exploded, connecting people worldwide and raising environmental awareness.
- Many countries that were developing in 1992 have become emerging economies with very large impacts (e.g. China, India,
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests were adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992.
The UNDP Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 outlines the organization's goals and approach over the next four years. It aims to support countries in pursuing structural transformation, building resilience, and leaving no one behind to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP will focus on six signature solutions - poverty and inequality, governance, resilience, environment, energy, and gender equality - enhanced by digitalization, innovation, and development financing. The plan emphasizes integrated development solutions driven by country priorities and partnerships across the UN system and beyond to accelerate progress on the SDGs.
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The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
3. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 3
FOREWORD 5
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IS ONLY POSSIBLE
WITH CLIMATE ACTION 7
BUILDING ON DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE, UNDP HAS A KEY
ROLE TO PLAY 8
UNDP’S CLIMATE CHANGE
PORTFOLIO – A GLOBAL
OVERVIEW 9
RESULTS AND IMPACTS 10
UNDP SUPPORTS AMBITIOUS
ACTION IN ALL REGIONS 14
UNDP’S CLIMATE CHANGE
PORTFOLIO ALREADY
CONTRIBUTES TO THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SDGS 20
A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO
DELIVER CLIMATE ACTION 38
SCALING UP SUPPORT: UNDP’S
COMMITMENT 39
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER –
CONNECTING THE 2015 LANDMARK
GLOBAL AGENDAS 40
A VISION TOWARDS A ZERO-
CARBON AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PATHWAY 41
CONTENTS
5. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 5
The world has entered a new era of action on sustainable development.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals,
the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development and the
Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction have launched a new, global
effort to transform the way the world does business.
What is clear through the 2030 Agenda is that sustainable development
and tackling climate change go hand-in-hand. We will not keep people from
going hungry without protecting our food systems; we will not be able to
ensure we have sustainable cities and communities without protecting
them from storms or floods; and we cannot ensure children are healthy
without addressing the changes in vector-borne diseases due to changing
temperatures. The list goes on.
In the end, action on climate change is necessary for sustainable
development.
UNDP has decades of experience supporting countries to take action on
climate change. With our partners, we have helped people and communities
in over 140 countries to mitigate emissions and adapt to climate impacts.
Throughout our experience we have learned that climate change actions
must be inclusive, gender-responsive, and prioritize the poorest and most
vulnerable. The Paris Agreement has laid out the path for the world to work
together and it is now our responsibility to take those steps and achieve
those ambitions. We must now work with all members of society to take
bold and ambitious action.
In 2015, UNDP released its first infographic report that presented the
breadth and depth of our support on climate change over the past two
decades. That report emphasized successes and noted the opportunities
that climate action presents for countries as they transition their economies
towards zero-carbon and climate-resilient sustainable development.
This year, as countries begin to take concrete action to deliver on their
national climate goals, we are pleased to release an updated report of
UNDP’s climate change work. New, in this report, is a special focus on the
linkages between climate change and sustainable development. Specifically,
the report highlights the importance of climate action in delivering on the
SDGs and provides examples of UNDP’s on-going work on the ground
towards this end. The report also presents UNDP’s commitment to scale-
up climate change action in order to deliver on the ambitious agenda that
countries agreed to in 2015.
As we look to this new era, UNDP will continue to draw upon its extensive
experience, partnerships and expertise to help countries transform their
towards development that is zero-carbon, climate-resilient and sustainable.
We will continue to work hand-in-hand with countries to ensure a
sustainable and prosperous future for all.
Magdy Martinez-Soliman
Assistant Secretary-General
Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
United Nations Development Programme
FOREWORD
7. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 7
SDG 1
No poverty
Removes poverty
traps and strengthens
poverty reduction
efforts
SDG 2
Zero hunger
Enhances
food security
and nutrition
SDG 3
Good health
and well-being
Ensures healthy lives
and well-being free from
climate-induced diseases
and pollutions
SDG 4
Quality education
Builds resilient
educational systems
and infrastructure
SDG 5
Gender equality
Promotes gender
equality and women’s
empowerment
SDG 6
Clean water
and sanitation
Secures water
availability and
quality
SDG 7
Affordable
and clean energy
Promotes clean and
affordable energy
SDG 8
Decent work
and economic
growth
Boosts economies
and creates jobs
SDG 9
Industry,
innovation and
infrastructure
Strengthens
infrastructure resilience
and saves costs
SDG 10
Reduced
inequalities
Reduces
inequality gap
SDG 11
Sustainable cities
and communities
Strengthens cities and
communities’ resilience
and economic growth
SDG 12
Responsible
consumption
and production
Promotes sustainable
consumption and
production and
saves costs
SDG 13
Climate action
Ensures urgent
actions are taken
to mitigate and adapt
to climate change
impacts
SDG 14
Life below water
Protects marine
ecosystems
and species
SDG 15
Life on land
Protects forests,
biodiversity and
ecological systems
SDG 16
Peace, justice and
strong institutions
Strengthens peace,
stability and justice
SDG 17
Partnerships
for the goals
Fosters partnerships
and cooperation
Achieving sustainable development
is only possible with climate action
Climate change is a
cross-cutting development
issue that affects
every aspect of sustainable
development and the
entire 2030 Agenda
Scaling up climate action
is essential for achievement
of the Sustainable
Development Goals
ACTION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE
8. 8 — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE —
Building on decades of experience
UNDP has a key role to play
The only way to deliver long-term sustainability
is to ensure that development is zero-carbon
and risk-informed. As a UN development agency
offering a deep familiarity with national and
local contexts and development priorities and
challenges, UNDP is well-positioned to support
countries to integrate climate concerns into
development.
BRIDGING
CLIMATE AND
DEVELOPMENT
UNDP has a track record of supporting countries
that are among the world’s most vulnerable to
climate change, including all the
48 Least Developed Countries
(LDCs) and
39 Small Island Developing States
(SIDS). Central to UNDP’s work is inclusiveness and
equity, with particular emphasis on ensuring those
most at risk and who have the potential to be agents
of change – including women, girls and youth – have
a voice and are able to participate in climate action.
STRENGTHENING
CAPACITIES OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE
A network of nearly170 Country Offices,
Regional Hubs, and Policy Centres work with
UNDP Headquarters to help countries develop
policies, programmes and approaches to tackle
climate change and undertake sustainable
development. Advice and support ensures
appropriate and contextualized action at both
national and local levels.
OPERATING AN
EXTENSIVE ORGANIZATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
UNDP has assisted over
140 countries
to access more than
US$2.8 billion
in climate finance since 2008. Significant success
in climate finance is based on UNDP’s extensive
partnerships with the Global Environment Facility,
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund, multilateral
funds, bilateral partners and the private sector.
BROKERING
ACCESS TO
CLIMATE FINANCE
UNDP is a leading partner to
43 countries
in developing their
Intended Nationally
Determined Contributions(INDCs).
Now, UNDP is assisting these countries in
converting these commitments into
concrete actions, linking them to their
national development priorities and the SDGs.
SUPPORTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION
OF CLIMATE TARGETS
UNDP works with an extensive network of partners
from the UN system, development banks, civil
society and the private sector, bringing together the
best expertise to support countries in meeting their
development aspirations. Through partnership, joint
implementation and innovation, UNDP is able to work
with partners to find new ways to combat climate
change and its impacts.
BUILDING AND
MAINTAINING PARTNERSHIPS
AND INNOVATION
9. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 9
UNDP’s climate change portfolio– A global overview
Since 2008, UNDP has supported more than 140 countries to access more than $2.8 billion
in grant finance to develop and implement climate change initiatives.1
Resilient livelihoods, agriculture and
food security;
Climate-resilient integrated water
resources and coastal management;
Supporting integrated climate change
strategies such as National Adaptation
Programmes of Action (NAPAs) and
National Adaptation Plans (NAPs);
Climate risk management, early warning
systems and climate information;
Community- and ecosystem-based
adaptation;
Climate-resilient infrastructure and energy.
Access to clean and affordable energy;
Energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMAs), Low-Emission
Development Strategies and Plans (LEDS),
Biennial Update Reports to the UNFCCC
(BURs) and carbon finance;
Sustainable transport and infrastructures;
Inventories of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
consumption and demonstration of
climate-friendly alternative technologies.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and Forest Degradation (REDD+);
Sustainable forest management;
Protected area management linked to
forest cover and forest management;
Biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry and
other relevant production systems.
Climate finance, including readiness to
access the Green Climate Fund (GCF);
Nationally Determined Contributions
(NDCs) and National Communications
reports to the UNFCCC;
Gender, youth and indigenous people;
Institutional and policy development;
Governance and legislation.
UNDP remains the largest service provider in the UN system with more than 800
active climate change projects and programmes in more than 140 countries2
to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Adaptation
Forests
Mitigation
Cross-cutting
280+ PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMMES
IN 110+ COUNTRIES
250+ PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMMES
IN 110+ COUNTRIES
150+ PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMMES
IN 90+ COUNTRIES
130+ PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMMES
IN 70+ COUNTRIES
ADAPTATION MITIGATION
FORESTSCROSS-CUTTING
TOTAL
$2.8
billion
37%
$1.02 billion
30%
$852 milllion
22%
$625 million
11%
$304 million
Since 2008
Access to grant finance
140 countries
By region
13% 5% 5%17%26%34%
Europe and
Central Asia
$352 million
Arab
States
$137 million
Global
$136 million
Latin
America
$470 milllon
Africa
$737 million
Asia
Pacific
$974 million
11. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 11
Over 12,900,000
hectares of forests protected
and about 1,746,360
hectares of degraded
forestlands restored t
hrough more than 2,700
community-based forest
management initiatives4
.
18 countries
supported to prepare
national REDD+ strategies
and action plans.
5 countries
supported to enact new
legislation to advance
REDD+ action.
5 countries
supported to establish
multi-stakeholder
platforms for deforestation-
free commodities.
Over 30 countries
developing national and/or
subnational approaches to
REDD+ safeguards.
Over $6 millionin
small grants disbursed
to indigenous and forest
communities in six countries
through the Community-
Based REDD+ initiative5
.
29 countries
strengthening women’s
participation in decision
making on REDD+.
15 countries
promoting dialogues
among governments and
indigenous and civil society
stakeholders, resulting in
breakthroughs in trust and
collaboration on REDD+.
FORESTS
44 countries
adopting sustainable forest
management practices .
13. — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE — 13
43 countries
supported in the
preparation of Intended
Nationally Determined
Contributions (INDCs).
48 countrieswith
strengthened systems in
place to access, deliver,
monitor, report on and verify
use of climate finance.
76 countries
implementing
comprehensive measures
(plans, strategies, policies,
programmes and budgets)
towards low-emission
and climate-resilient
development.
8 countries
(Armenia, Ecuador, Malawi,
the Maldives, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Tuvalu and Viet
Nam) supported to access
funding totaling $238
million from the GCF to
scale up adaptation and
mitigation measures.
More than 80 percent
of ongoing climate change
programmes contribute
to gender equality and
women’s empowerment,
including over 30 percent
with gender equality as
a significant objective and/
or output.
CROSS-CUTTING
14. Grant finance mobilized since 2008
In $ millions
Adaptation
Mitigation
Forests
Cross-cutting
in more than
30 countries
Latin
America and
the Caribbean
Africa
$737
in more than
50 countries
$470
51%
5%
18%
26%
22%
23%
10%
45%
14 — UNDP AND CLIMATE CHANGE —
UNDP supports ambitious action
in all regions
Strengthened capacities for
climate change negotiators
from Latin America and the
Caribbean.
13 countries supported to
prepare their INDCs.
9 countries supported to
develop national and sectoral
Low-Emission Development
Strategies.
6 countries supported in
conducting their national
greenhouse has (GHG)
inventories.
UNDP supported the
development of 24 NAMAs
in 9 countries in the region.
6 countries supported to
conduct Climate Public
Expenditure and Institutional
Reviews (CPEIR) and a
regional methodology
developed.
11 countries supported to
develop REDD+ strategies
and institutional capacity.
Africa
Support provided to the
development of the Africa
Adaptation Initiative (AAI).
42 African countries received
climate finance training
on GCF procedures, project
development and leveraging
public and private finance for
Africa.
12 African countries
provided with technical and
financial support to develop
GCF proposals.
Arab States
Arab Climate Resilience
Initiative to address climate
risks to SDG achievement,
as a root cause of social
vulnerability and insecurity.
Technical assistance to three
least developed countries
in the Horn of Africa for
resilience to climate risks to
food and water security.
Arab Future Energy Index
report to assess and rank
22 Arab countries on
progress towards low-carbon
pathways.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SUPPORT IN
Support provided for two
African Regional Climate
Outlook Forums conducted
in partnership with host
governments (Kenya
and Zimbabwe), African
Development Bank and Food
and Agriculture Organization
(FAO).
30 African countries
supported to prepare their
INDCs.
Latin America and the Caribbean 4 national centres of
excellence in oil-exporting
Gulf Countries on low-carbon
solutions and reducing carbon
footprints.
Support to five countries
affected by the migrant crisis,
to expand access to solar
solutions for communities
displaced by conflict.
Transboundary agreements
among four water-sharing
countries to address
sustainable use of resources
in an era of climate disruption.
15. Europe and
Central Asia
$351
in more than
20 countries
Arab
States
$137
in more than15 countries
in more than
30 countries
Asia and
the Pacific
$923
38%
41%
17%
10%
49%
24%
8%
13%
72%
9%10%
9%
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Europe and Central Asia
Data analysis technical consultations,
advice and support delivered to 16
countries to facilitate inter-agency
negotiations and decision making on
UNFCCC agenda before and after the Paris
Climate Change Conference (COP21).
Supported development of low-carbon
and climate-resilient strategies in
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Turkmenistan.
9 countries supported in the
development of NAMAs and NAPs.
Asia and the Pacific
14 LDCs supported on NAPs in
intergovernmental climate change
negotiation, six countries (three LDCs)
on related institutional and technical
capacities and four LDCs on NAPs in
the agriculture sector.
7 countries supported with GCF proposal
preparation: four proposals approved and
three under review, with approval expected
by the end of 2016.
3 countries supported in the development
of NAMAs to achieve voluntary GHGs
emission target.
8 countries supported to conduct
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional
Review (CPEIR).
11 countries supported with capacity-building
training through Economics of Climate
Change Adaptation (ECCA) programme.
10 Pacific Island countries supported to
promote renewable energy through the
Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement
through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP).
Supported Indonesia and Myanmar
through United for Efficiency (U4E) programme
for market transformation to energy efficient
products.
Supported four countries in South Asia in
women’s empowerment and energy
access through the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Development Fund.
5 countries supported to prepare their
INDCs.
Supported establishment of National
Designated Authorities for accessing
the GCF.
Supported resource mobilization and
crowdfunding campaigns for energy
efficiency and renewable energy
projects in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Integrated climate and disaster risk
management demonstrated in five
Central Asian countries and Armenia.
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UNDP’s climate change portfolio
already contributes to the achievement of the SDGs
Global distribution
The figures represent the approximate percentage of 800 UNDP climate change projects and programmes,
active as of July 2016, that make a direct contribution to the 17 SDGs. Only projects and programmes that
make a direct contribution to the targets of each SDG, using matching key words, are mapped and counted.
Direct contribution means that the projects and programmes explicitly include key terms that link to the
targets of each SDG in their project and programme descriptions, indicators, targets and results.
35%
SDG 7
20%
SDG 4
18%
SDG 2
29%
SDG 8
13%
SDG 5
16%
SDG 6
5%
SDG 3
29%
SDG 9
39%
SDG 1
120 countries 89 32 77 64 78 114 100 105
Over a total of 144 countries
Active projects and programmes per SDGs
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800 active UNDP
climate change
projects and
programmes
As of July 2016
SDG 17SDG 16SDG 15SDG 13SDG 10 SDG 11 SDG 14SDG 12
38%42%29%100%8% 27% 11%22%
43 86 97 12510262144 112
18. 110
160
Approximate percentage
per SDG
Active projects and
programmes per region
Latin America
and the Caribbean
Africa
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UNDP’s climate change portfolio
already contributes to the achievement of the SDGs
Regional distribution
SDG 1
SDG 2
SDG 3
SDG 4
SDG 5
SDG 6
SDG 7
SDG 8
SDG 9
SDG 10
SDG 11
SDG 12
SDG 13
SDG 14
SDG 15
SDG 16
SDG 17
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Scaling-up support
UNDP commits to providing long-term support to significantly scale up climate change action, build
resilience and pursue zero-carbon, equitable and inclusive growth and sustainable development.
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCEZERO-CARBON GROWTH
Strengthen Integrated Adaptation Policies,
Plans and Strategies. UNDP helps countries use the
tools of the UNFCCC, including NAPAs and NAPs, to strengthen
climate adaptation for resilient development. This also includes
strengthening adaptation actions emerging from NDCs.
Advance Cross-sectoral Adaptation Action.
UNDP works to scale up climate- resilient livelihoods for the poor
and vulnerable, support small and medium enterprises to reduce
exposure to climate risks, improve climate information and early
warning systems, and expand ecosystem-based adaptation
solutions and resilient infrastructure.
Address Climate and Disaster Risks: UNDP
commits to identifying and incorporating the management
of climate risks with disaster risk reduction (DRR) into all
governance, planning, implementation and monitoring.
Instill Risk-informed Disaster Recovery.
UNDP integrates climate change into disaster recovery efforts to
build back better and more resilient communities that can plan
for and withstand future disasters and climate shocks.
Implement Nationally Determined
Contributions. Helping countries turn national targets
into concrete actions is key. This work includes the planning
and delivery of climate change initiatives, as provided through
the mechanisms of the UNFCCC, such as formulating and
implementing NAMAs and LEDs.
Integrate Zero-carbon Development. UNDP
supports developing countries to integrate climate change into
development planning across all sectors at the national and
subnational levels.
Deliver Sustainable Energy. This includes closing
the energy access gap, including through on- and off-grid
electricity access, promoting energy efficiency and conservation,
and increasing the global share of renewable energy. The creation
of an environment conducive to private sector investment,
through energy market transformation and de-risking investment,
underpins these efforts.
Reduce Emissions through Protecting
Forests. UNDP supports efforts to protect against
deforestation and forest degradation while also reducing
emissions and promoting sustainable livelihoods.
Promoting social inclusion
and gender equality
Strengthening
capacities
Catalyzing
finance
Leveraging
partnerships
Four underpinning principles that cut across the support are:
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Putting the pieces together
– connecting the 2015 landmark global agendas
Achieving zero-carbon and climate-resilient sustainable development requires effective
integration of the global agendas set in 2015. Implementation of these agreements is a
driving force for achieving the SDG targets.
COUNTRY
LEADERSHIP
POLICY AND
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
that provide the foundation
for effective implementation.
PARTNERSHIPS
that is committed to
taking ambitious action
at an accelerated pace
scaling across all levels.
IMPLEMENTATION AND
MONITORING FRAMEWORKS
that are harmonized
and complementary
and which promote
effectiveness and efficiency.
that are robust and meaningful
and foster innovation
FINANCING
AND INVESTMENT
that is catalytic,
equitable, inclusive
and gender responsive.
This requires strong:
FINANCING
FOR DEVELOPMENT
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Paris
Agreement
Sendai
Framework
DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION
2030 Agenda
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Addis Ababa
Action Agenda
COUNTRY
LEADERSHIP
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SDG 1
No poverty
SDG 2
Zero hunger
SDG 3
Good health
and
well-being
SDG 4
Quality
education
SDG 5
Gender
equality
SDG 6
Clean water
and sanitation
SDG 7
Affordable
and clean
energy
SDG 8
Decent work
and economic
growth
SDG 9
Industry,
innovation
and infrastructure
SDG 10
Reduced
inequalities
SDG 11
Sustainable
cities and
communities
SDG 12
Responsible
consumption
and
production
SDG 13
Climate
action
SDG 14
Life
below
water
SDG 15
Life
on land
SDG 16
Peace, justice and
strong institutions
SDG 17
Partnerships
for the goals
Adaptation
andresilience
Zero-carbon
growth
2030 AGENDA
PARISAGREEMENT
SENDAIFRAMEWORK
ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA
SOCIAL INCLUSION AND GENDER
CAPACITYBUILDING
PARTNERSHIPS
CATALYZING FINANCE
COUNTRY
LEADERSHIP
A vision towards a zero-carbon and climate-resilient
sustainable development path for a sustainable, equitable
and prosperous future for all
UNDP is an established
partner providing support to
countries to identify linkages
and joint opportunities for the
implementation of policy and
programmes that can both meet
and aim to exceed the aspirations
of national climate pledges
and development goals.
UNDP believes that an integrated
approach, driven by a country’s
leadership, is necessary to
transition towards zero-carbon
and climate-resilient sustainable
development.
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ACRONYMS
AfDB African Development Bank
AIT Asian Institute of Technology
APAN All Partners Access Network
BUR Biennial Update Reports to the UNFCCC
CCAP Centre for Clean Air Policy
CCCCC Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CO2 carbon dioxide
CPEIR Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews
ECN Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GAN Global Adaptation Network
GCF Green Climate Fund
GEF Global Environment Facility
GFCS Global Framework for Climate Services
GGCA Global Gender Climate Alliance
GGGI Global Green Growth Institute
GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism for REDD+
GWP Global Water Partnership
HFC hydrofluorocarbon
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IEA International Energy Agency
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IGES Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
IMO International Maritime Organization
INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
IRI International Research Institute for Climate and Society
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund
LDCs least developed countries
LEDs Low-Emission Development Strategies and Plans
NAMAs Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
NAPA National Adaptation Programme of Action
NAPs National Adaptation Plans
NDCs Nationally Determined Contributions
ODI Overseas Development Institute
OECC Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
REDD Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
RIMES Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia
SCCF Special Climate Change Fund
SIDS Small Island Developing States
SNV Netherlands International Development Organisation
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNISDR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
WHO World Health Organization
WIN World Network for Indigenous and Local Community Land and Sea Managers
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WRI World Resources Institute
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1. Based on approximate resources earmarked from 2008 until October 2016
2. Based on active UNDP programmes as of July 2016
3. These results are compiled from the following UNDP reports: 1) 2015 UNDP-
GEF Annual Report, 2) 2015 UNDP Annual Report to the Executive Board, 3)
Mid-term Review of the UNDP Strategic Plan, 4) UN-REDD 2015 Annual Report,
5) 2015 Result-Oriented Annual Reports (ROARs) of UNDP Regional Bureaus
and Country Offices, 6) UNDP Integrated Result and Resource Framework 2015
Results, 6) Annual Report on the implementation of the UNDP Gender Equality
Strategy 2014-2018 and inputs from UNDP colleagues in HQ and Regional Offices.
4. Support under the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme
5. Support under a Joint-Partnership between the UN-REDD and UNDP-GEF Small
Grants Programme
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