Climate changes are occurring in every region and globally, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. As the world’s latest and most rigorous scientific assessment of the physical basis of climate change, the report defines changes that are unprecedented in thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years. It emphasizes that there is still time to act, but it must happen immediately. Limiting climate change demands strong and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities such as burning fossil fuels. Press release. Secretary-General’s statement.
9 August 2021
The Africa Minigrids Program (AMP), UNDP’s most ambitious sustainable energy access initiative to date, is supporting women in Nigeria to improve their lives and become leaders in the sustainable energy transition.
Across fields, pastures, forests, rivers and seas, countries are showing that the choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss and bring degraded land back to life.
With its tree-filled garden, soaring ceilings and earthen-brick walls, the Hikma Community Centre on the edge of the Sahara Desert is viewed by many as an example of what architecture will need to become as the world warms.



