2 March 2021
The UN Statistical Commission launched talks on a new framework to value the contributions nature makes to human well-being. It could transform decisions on the economy and the environment. Read more.
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.