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Interview

'Africa holds the key to many global climate solutions'

A conversation with UNDP Regional Director for Africa Ahunna Eziakonwa

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The co-working and co-living space Mokrin House in the north of Serbia offers opportunities to connect and work.

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Social and economic benefits of a global ‘green revolution’ at risk

Greater emphasis on just transition needed to unlock opportunities and avoid increasing inequality and less competitive economies, UNDP report finds

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Healing the wounds of war

Liberia’s Palava Hut hearings on wartime crimes aim to build lasting peace

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Bridging the gaps in COVID-19 vaccination

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Pakistan: Flood damages and economic losses over US$30 billion

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment calls for urgent support to implement a recovery and reconstruction that ‘builds back better’

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The future of climate action will be decided in Egypt

Here’s what you need to know about COP27

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Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022

Profiling poverty beyond income shows where to have the biggest impact in a world in crisis

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#FutureSmartUNDP

Development is changing. So are we.

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UNDP Response

COVID-19 pandemic

An integrated global response is an investment in our future.

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Our
mission

UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

Our
expertise

People

We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.

Prosperity

We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

Peace

We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

Partnership

We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.

Trusted partnerships

Partnership is at the heart of everything UNDP does. We offer a nearly universal presence across the world. We are determined to mobilize the means to implement the 2030 Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable.

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