Page 120 - Un Development Programme News Today

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) recently organised a training course on the prevention of sexual abuse for officials at the Ministry of Environment.

Former PM Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies' move to halt work in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged the Taliban to reverse its ban on women humanitarian workers.

International donors have only provided half of the $16.3 billion Pakistan estimates would be needed for flood relief

Country sets goal for international donors conference next month

The Taliban’s decision to suspend women from accessing higher education has extinguished a rare source of hope for many.

Climate change and Covid-19 have hit the island nation hard, but returning tourists and a renewed focus on manufacturing and the blue economy offer causes for optimism.

Read more about As biodiversity degrades, nature’s solutions are lost for ever on Devdiscourse

Read more about Historic biodiversity deal approved at COP15 summit in Canada on Devdiscourse

At the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), 23 countries and organizations, led by Colombia and supported by Germany, launched a partnership to accelerate country-led implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at the meeting.

Advocacy groups and businesses are clashing over the role of the private sector in biodiversity preservation at COP15. Find out more.