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Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. And this must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2 C. degree warming that world leaders have set as the maximum acceptable limit. Decarbonizing...

Towards effective national forest funds
With growing recognition of the critical roles played by forests in addressing global challenges such as climate change, food security and poverty alleviation, supporting sustainable forest management (SFM) remains key. Yet the financing of SFM continues to be a challenge; it has...
Djibouti, Renewables readiness assessment

Djibouti faces critical challenges with power generation and distribution. Heavy reliance on fossil-fuel imports keeps the country exposed to price volatility, constraining economic development plans.  But significant geothermal, wind and solar energy resources could...

Universal Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding the Transformational Challenge for Developed Countries
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to be universal in the sense of embodying a universally shared common global vision of progress towards a safe, just and sustainable space for all human beings to thrive on the planet. They reflect the moral principles that no-...
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

This report aims to raise awareness about this type of protected area and provide a framework to show how privately protected areas can and should be reported nationally and internationally. The report is based on an extensive literature review, discussions with privately protected...

Large-Scale Patterns of Turnover and Basal Area Change in Andean Forests
General patterns of forest dynamics and productivity in the Andes Mountains are poorly characterized. Here we present the first large-scale study of Andean forest dynamics using a set of 63 permanent forest plots assembled over the past two decades. In the North-Central Andes tree turnover (mortality and recruitment) and tree growth declined with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature....
Living Forests Report: Saving Forests at Risk

This report shows that if current trends continue, up to 170 million hectares of forest could be lost between 2010 and 2030 in these 11 deforestation fronts, 10 of which are in the tropics. The fronts are located in the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest and Gran Chaco, Borneo, the Cerrado,...

Energy Toolkit: Leading Instruments & Methodologies for Low-Emissions Energy Development Planning

The first version of the Energy Toolkit, a collection of leading instruments and methodologies for low-emission, climate-resilient development planning in the energy sector, is now available. The goal is to offer energy practitioners, policymakers, and experts a quick reference guide...

New introductory guides: Water Resources and Loss and Damage

Eldis, an online development information service based at the Institute of Development Studies, is pleased to launch two new climate change and development introductory guides:

1.       Water...

Equator Prize 2015 Call for Nominations now open!
The UNDP Equator Initiative in New York has recently launched our global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2015. This prize will honor 20 outstanding local and indigenous community initiatives that...

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