Rakhine is on the verge of an unprecedented disaster due to a combination of interlinked issues. Restrictions on goods entering Rakhine, both internationally and domestically, have led to a severe ...

This issue brief shares lessons and reflections on the role of the judiciary in advancing rights-based HIV responses, to inform the implementation of key commitments in the 2021 Political Declaration ...

Nairobi, 17 July 2025– The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joined the African Union Commission (AUC), the European Union (EU) and a coalition of strategic partners in launching the ...

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development ...

Vanuatu’s Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and National Disaster Management has launched a new national policy on loss and damage: Vanuatu Loss ...

The Executive Board provides inter-governmental support to and supervision of UNDP activities, ensuring that the organization remains responsive to the evolving needs of programme countries.

This booklet provides a brief introduction to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty and hunger by 2030. World leaders, ...

With 1.2 million respondents, the Peoples' Climate Vote is the largest survey of public opinion on climate change ever conducted. Using a new and unconventional approach to polling, results span 50 ...

In the business world, issues of sustainability, social responsibility, and good governance are becoming increasingly important. The concept of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) has become a key ...

The escalation of hostilities in September 2024 added another layer of complexity to the already profound economic and financial crisis that Lebanon has been struggling with for the past five years.

To reinvigorate human development amidst a turbulent landscape, the 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report proposes new directions. Building on the region’s past successes, Making Our Future sets ...

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 ...