COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
UNDP
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Human development in India: analysis to action
<p>The document illustrates the impact of UNDP-Planning Commission partnership in mainstreaming human development in government policies and planning. It also highlights successful strategies and constraints reported by the states in achieving sustainable human development.</p>
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Govt to levy carbon tax
The government is planning to revise the existing taxation law to impose more tax on those who emit higher amount of carbon into the air and pollute the environment. ‘We are seriously considering revising
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Vulnerable Arab World Lags On Climate Change Action
The Arab world will be one of the regions worst hit by climate change but still lacks any coordinated response to its potentially devastating effects, experts said at a conference this week. With hotter, drier and less predictable climates, the amount of water running into the region's streams and rivers is set to fall 20 to 30 percent by 2050, worsening desertification and food insecurity, the
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Survey on Climate Change Adaptation Measures launched
Ministry of Housing and Environment has launched a Survey of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in practice in the Maldives under the Integrating Climate Change Risks into Resilient Island Planning in the Maldives Project. The Project is a collaborative effort between the Government of Maldives, the Global Environment Fund and the United Nations Development Program, its overall goal is to incre
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Invest in storage technology
Dr Manjit S.
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UNDP evaluates marine biodiversity project
Vocational training to be given for fishermen Conservation measures:A team of United Nations Development Programme, New Delhi, at Kurusadai Island in Gulf of Mannar near Mandapam on Thursday. KURUSADAI ISLAND (GULF OF MANNAR): R.
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UN extends support to 14,000 Aila Affected Families
The United Nations (UN) System (WFP, UNDP and UNICEF) has extended its support to 14,000 cyclone Aila affected families still living on embankments in Bangladesh. Drawing assistance from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the UN agencies will work to distribute food, assist with shelter and implement basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and nutrition interventions, sa
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Proposals invited for Centre-UNDP development project
<br />The Centre in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has invited a request for proposal for
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BJP dares Naveen to seek fresh mandate
<br /><p>BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today slammed the Government for its failure on all fronts and dared Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to seek a fresh mandate to prove his popularity.</p>