How UNDP staff are coping with the floods while also supporting the response — Catastrophic floods have affected 33 million people in Pakistan — including our United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) staff. Some were displaced when water entered their homes, while others had floods damage their crops. Fortunately, they have all remained safe. Despite being impacted, our teams have stepped up to ensure that…

‘Circling’ into UNDP’s business model dilemma — By Gerd Trogemann, Manager, UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025 seeks to respond to the complexity, uncertainty and urgency of today’s development challenges with systemic and transformative responses at scale, adaptive and agile. …

As the war in Ukraine compounds the fallout from COVID-19, it is clear the world faces an uncertain future shaped by economic and social crises. Effective global partnerships at all levels will be vital to surmounting the difficulties thrown up by the pandemic, conflicts as well as the climate crisis. …

Record-breaking heat waves. Deadly storms. Mega-droughts on every continent. As the impacts of the climate crisis only grow, countries are urgently pursuing all avenues to realize their climate ambition. A key step is putting younger people at the forefront of climate action, and helping them realize their full potential. Hosting…

By Nina Kantcheva, Senior Policy Advisor, Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Engagement As custodians of natural resources and archivists of scientific and traditional knowledge, Indigenous women play an essential role in preserving forests and natural ecosystems. Indigenous women are indispensable to achieving climate justice, taking the lead to defend Indigenous…

By Ranjith George, Disaster Risk Management Information Systems Lead, UNDP Malawi In many countries, critical data that is needed to inform strategies and policies around disaster risk management tends to be scattered across various stakeholders — and sometimes much of it exists on paper that is not readily accessible. …

When the global HIV epidemic began more than 40 years ago, HIV was a terminal illness. It’s now a preventable and chronic disease for people who are able to access treatment. …

In times of crisis, volunteers are among the first to take critical action at the frontlines. Under the UNV-UNDP Tandem Teams, national and international volunteers are supporting UNDP country offices in responding to not just the pandemic but also natural hazards and human-induced crises. The mechanism allows UN Volunteers to…

Meet Frank García, UNDP Human Resources Assistant from the Dominican Republic who shares with us his workplace experiences and the importance of LGBTIQ+ inclusion. — I am from Puerto Plata, a place with amazing beaches in the Dominican Republic, about three and half hours from Santo Domingo, and I define myself as a poet, an activist, and planning to write my novel. I joined UNDP in June 2019 in Santo Domingo. I started with a…