This year is the halfway point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A global pandemic, conflicts, disasters and other crises have set back progress towards the ...

The Youth4Climate (Y4C) initiative is co-led by the Government of Italy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), empowers young innovators driving climate solutions worldwide. Since 2023, ...

The UNDP Signals Spotlight 2023 – a first for UNDP - highlights some of the signals and trends we see emerging that we consider will be significant for development. Inspired by some 500 signals of ...

Across the world, UNDP is engaged in taking on the toughest development challenges, helping countries fight poverty, responding to crises, and striving to build a better future. To do this effectively ...

I’m Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Welcome to this site, intended for everyone who is interested in the future of development. I have championed ...

Amid the devastation of war, the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv is choosing not just to recover—but to reimagine its future. With infrastructure damaged and institutions strained, the city is opting to ...

The summer of 2023 was the hottest summer worldwide on record since 1850. Across the globe the rise in extreme weather events, including hurricanes, storms, floods, and fires, has been a recurring ...

Climate change is posing a major challenge to sustainable development in the Arab States region, disproportionately affecting the poorest and most vulnerable, many of whom are women. Extreme weather ...

The report includes an in-depth case study on Afghanistan, where 5.3 million more people fell into multidimensional poverty during the turbulent period 2015/16–2022/23. In 2022/23, nearly two-thirds ...

Every human being has one thing in common: the ability to dream. We all dream of a better future, and in this time of climate emergency, youth around the globe dream of a clean, healthy and safe ...

Work begins to protect Tuvalu from rising sea levels. In the Pacific Island country of Tuvalu, the sea level has been quietly creeping upwards for years. By 2050, it is estimated that half the capital ...

In recent years, a silent menace has emerged, threatening the environment and human health. Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated our oceans, soil, ...