Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator and Acting Administrator, met with officials in Lebanon on a February 2025 trip to visit UNDP and its partners. The United Nations Secretary-General António ...

Today’s 1.45 billion young people (aged 18 to 29), the largest youth generation ever, are actively shaping the world.They are digitally connected, passionate about bringing change, and increasingly ...

UNDP supports synergies between humanitarian and development assistance through livelihood support and resilience building to prevent and mitigate food insecurity and long term humanitarian and aid ...

Advancing Novel Farming Systems for Sustainable Development . Leveraging Singapore’s exceptional ecosystem and track record, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Sustainability and the ...

Water scarcity is a serious threat to Somalia and is hindering the country's economic and social development. Throughout Somalia, trends of reduced surface water and groundwater reserves and increased ...

“Loss and damage” refers to the adverse consequences brought about by climate change, and resulting in a range of impacts, such as loss of human lives, damage to infrastructure and buildings, loss of ...

UNDP Ethics Office. What is our mandate? The UNDP Ethics Office cultivates and nurtures a culture of ethics, integrity and accountability at UNDP, thereby enhancing the trust in, and the credibility ...

Food systems transformation is now being recognized as a significant part of the solution to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. In climate, the latest IPCC Report (AR6) highlights that “land, ...

Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. The result is a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently ...

The war is not over, but it’s never too soon to start making the land safe again. Ukraine is now the most mined country in the world, with potentially 23 percent of its land at risk of contamination ...

During this devastating flooding, women's vulnerability increased due to gender norms and poverty, reducing their chances of survival. The flood has disrupted access to education for over 3.5 million ...

The United Nations is expected to deliver a legally binding agreement on plastics pollution by the end of 2024. This is a monumental year for multilateralism to prevail in the fight against plastic ...