A new United Nations initiative, aimed at building the resilience of a million women and youth in the Sahel to climate impacts through smart agriculture, was launched today at the One Planet Summit. The launch coincides with a gathering of world leaders in the French capital to mark the anniversary of the landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement.
UNDP launches a new and ambitious blueprint for development in the 21st century.
With corruption being one of the top-causes for “missed” development over the past 40 years, young people are bearing its highest costs
With 1 million people living with HIV now in treatment, antiretroviral therapy is saving lives and securing futures.
HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to be eradicated in Africa by the year 2030.
UNDP and Yahoo! JAPAN inaugurate an anti-poaching patrol camp in Etosha, the country’s flagship national park.
Addressing grievances and frustrations becomes an entry point to winning hearts and minds and can prove a powerful asset in the fight to prevent violent extremism.

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