The Philippines is one of 17 mega diverse countries, harboring more diversity of life per hectare than any other country in the world. Yet encroachment in forested areas, pollution, over fishing, poor land management practices, are leading to biodiversity loss at an alarming rate. (Photo: BIOFIN)
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The 2015 Human Development Report ‘Work for Human Development’ examines the links, both positive and negative, between work and human development in a rapidly changing world of work. Fast globalization, technological revolution, demographic transitions and many other factors are creating new opportunities, but also posing risks. The report examines how the benefits of this new world of work are not equally distributed, generating winners and losers.
From 30 November to 11 December, governments will convene in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to agree on a new global climate change agreement. A universal agreement that covers all countries, developed and developing, the COP21 climate deal will serve as the starting point for a long-term effort to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2°C (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)
Farming is a risky undertaking everywhere, one that is at the mercy of capricious weather. But farmers in the Philippines (and many other developing countries) now face additional difficulties as climate change makes weather more unpredictable than ever.
Climate change action indeed should not and need not be seen as a sunk cost but rather as an investment in the future and a catalyst for a new era of innovation. Current technologies available to us will not be sufficient.
Released in time for the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21), this report – a mix of infographics and country case examples – outlines UNDP’s decades-long support to partner countries to tackle climate change. For the first time covering UNDP’s entire climate change approach, including mitigation and sustainable energy, climate change adaptation, forestry, and support to INDCs, the report is a comprehensive look at what is now a US$ 2.3 billion portfolio across 140 countries.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls for stronger cooperation from Southeast Asian countries to tackle global crises during the 7th ASEAN-UN Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 22 November 2015. (UN Photo/Mark Garten)
"I think the society has to really review, evaluate our value system and the reckless pursuit of profit at cost of everything else cannot continue. It has to be shared value of humanity," UNDP Regional Director for Asia Pacific Haoliang Xu says in an interview following the Climate Vulnerable Forum Sherpa Senior Officials Meeting held in Manila.
Representatives from the 20-member Climate Vulnerable Forum together with 23 incoming members from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Pacific met at Manila and agreed to move unitedly to strengthen their collaboration and domestic climate action to trigger increased commitments from all countries and seize the COP21 opportunity for a climate-secure framework to keep warming below 1.5oC. (Photo: CVF-UNDP/Climate Change Commission)
Within the pages of this World AIDS Day report, Focus on location and population, are more than 50 examples of how countries are getting on the Fast-Track. It shows how governments are working with community groups and international partners to scale up health and social services that put people at the centre and located where they can do more people more good.
‘Strong UN. Better World.” is the global theme as the United Nations (UN) marked its 70th anniversary on 24 October 2015. The UN in the Philippines in collaboration with the Government of the Philippines held a series of activities to celebrate seven decades of partnership. (Photo: UN Information Center Manila)
The United Nations in the Philippines and the National Economic and Development Authority held a press briefing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative Ola Almgren talked about the process of formulating the SDGs and UN's support.
UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Asia Pacific Haoliang Xu speaks about the Future of Development Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific aimed at implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a lecture at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on October 5, 2015 in Washington DC.
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, more than 150 world leaders adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support governments around the world in tackling the new agenda and taking it forward over the next 15 years.
UNDP and Rappler joined the global community in launching the Sustainable Development Goals at the 2015 Social Good Summit Philippines. (Photo: Rappler)
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark welcomes "momentous" decision by Member States to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals
The Philippines faces a historical moment. Legislation can be passed that will put the Philippines on the path to sustained peace and inclusive development ending decades of conflict and marginalization in the proposed Bangsamoro.
The issues highlighted in recent press coverage on the statement of Professor Beyani, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, reflect a number of structural challenges that need to be addressed to expedite recovery from future disasters.
The 193 Member States of the United Nations reached agreement on the outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development agenda that will be adopted this September by world leaders at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York.
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms recorded in history, the Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB) and UNDP have partnered to provide municipal building solutions to the people of Guiuan in the Philippines.
Was the release by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) of the Valley Fault System Atlas a 'tipping point'? Its timing, soon after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, was circumstantial.
Asia and the Pacific has led the world in the drive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day projected to fall from 53 percent in 1990, to 12 percent by the end of the year. But even where the goals have been met, millions of people are still deprived, says a new UN report.
In the lead-up to the World Environment Day on 5 June and to mark the Month of the Oceans this May, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) has launched a new partnership to help strengthen the protection, conservation and management of marine key biodiversity areas in the Philippines.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) launched the Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas,a handbook of large scale maps showing in detail areas traversed by the Valley Fault System. In 2012, the DOST-PHIVOLCS revisited the VFS as one of the activities of the Australian Government-funded Greater Metro Manila Area-READY Project under the United Nations Development Programme and implemented by member agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
UNDP’s work in Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
Work, not just jobs or employment, is crucial for human progress: Of the world’s 7.3 billion people, 3.2 billion are in jobs, and many others engage in unpaid care, creative and voluntary work as well as other activities or prepare themselves as future workers.
The 2015 Human Development Report ‘Work for Human Development’ examines the links, both positive and negative, between work and human development in a rapidly changing world of work. Fast globalization, technological revolution, demographic transitions and many other factors are creating new opportunities, but also posing risks. The report examines how the benefits of this new world of work are not equally distributed, generating winners and losers.
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