@UNDPplanet

Official account for @UNDP’s work on climate, biodiversity, pollution and a nature positive transition to a thriving future on a healthy planet.

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What role can governments play in enabling business and finance to contribute to biodiversity outcomes? As part of #COP17Armenia's Finance Day yesterday, we were pleased to to host an impact cut screening from Open Planet’s film, How to Live on Earth. undp.org/nature/how-to-live-…
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Our health depends on biodiversity. Nature’s ‘living laboratory’ harbours undiscovered health breakthroughs - if only we don’t destroy them before they’re recognized. As #COP17Armenia continues, take a look: undp-nature.exposure.co/our-…
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Small businesses can drive big change #ForPeopleForPlanet🌿 Join us today at #COP17Armenia with @conservationx @iki_germany to explore how smarter policies, innovative finance, technology and accessible data can empower SMEs to restore ecosystems and build climate resilience.
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🤝 “Collaboration is key!” At #COP17Armenia, Darco Kjitanoski of @Eko_svest, SGP partner in North Macedonia, calls on civil society to move from competition to collaboration - joining forces to mobilize resources & make bigger impact #ForPeopleForPlanet. sgp.undp.org/resources-155/e…
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US$2.4 trillion in public subsidies supported environmentally harmful activities in 2023. Changing these incentives and strengthening those that reward conservation can help deliver #ForPeopleForPlanet. Join us at #COP17Armenia to learn more: biofin.org/cop17-subsidies-t…
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How can better policies and blended finance help turn NBSAPs into action? 🌿 Join us at #COP17Armenia with Panama, Jordan, The Gambia, Ecuador, the Development Bank of South Africa, and more. 📅 23 October 📍 GEF Pavilion
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Biodiversity supports every part of human life, from food production & medicines to jobs, recreation & a livable climate. People cannot thrive on a planet that is in crisis. This is why we need to act now, for our present & our future: go.undp.org/qs5 #COP17Armenia
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Colombia’s páramos supply 70% of Bogotá’s water, but climate change threatens them. Under the #SCALA programme, @UNDP & @FAO are supporting local farmers to restore these ecosystems and manage water #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/xN3 #COP17Armenia
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The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone. But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100. Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century. New #EmissionsGap Report: unep.org/en/news-and-stories…
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“It will not be an exaggeration to say we link our identity to mangrove forests” When the mangroves in Khardi village began to disappear, saltwater moved in Communities joined a major restoration drive, boosting livelihoods & biodiversity go.undp.org/xNo #COP17Armenia
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Countries have set adaptation priorities. The challenge now is linking them to budgets, investment and finance. Better coordination can help deliver results. Read how in our new explainer: go.undp.org/xft
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As countries receive payments for protecting forests, how can benefits be shared fairly? @unredd's new Learning Journal offers practical guidance and lessons from Costa Rica, Ghana and Brazil to help countries make benefit sharing work. 📘Expore here: go.undp.org/xP2
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Are you at #COP17Armenia? Join us 22 October at the UN Pavilion to celebrate how #UNBiodiversityLab uses the power of spatial data to advance work #ForPeopleForPlanet. See how we're working with partners to turn biodiversity commitments into action: tinyurl.com/UNBL-data-to-act…
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Young people are rights holders, co-creators, and implementation partners - actively addressing interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss, land degradation, and climate change. Join us tomorrow at #COP17Armenia  with @GYBN_CBD @youngo_unfccc @UNCCDYouth @youthnegotiator.
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🌱Small grants, big impact at #COP17Armenia. For many, @theGEF 's Small Grants Program, implemented by @UNDP is first step toward lasting change. “It is a game changer!” Mailes Zulu @sepazambia. Join us for power of local action #ForPeopleForPlanet: sgp.undp.org/resources-155/e…
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More than 1 million species face extinction, affecting healthy ecosystems. In 2025, UNDP supported nature projects in 145 countries, helping governments protect biodiversity and make it part of their prosperity and growth. go.undp.org/GWz #COP17Armenia
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Young people around the world are actively addressing the interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss, land degradation, and climate change. Join us at #COP17Armenia with @GYBN_CBD @youngo_unfccc @UNCCDYouth @youthnegotiator and more. undp.org/events/cbd-cop17
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Healthy watersheds secure water #ForPeopleForPlanet How does this work in practice? Follow Bhutan’s rangers protecting Shinghtalum, a 10,000-acre watershed supplying local communities, schools and monasteries. 🎥 Watch in full: youtube.com/watch?v=ASXwd45I… #COP17Armenia @theGEF
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A key challenge for agrifood companies is linking climate commitments to practical, on-the-ground actions. The @UNDP-@FAO guide offers a framework for adaptation strategies that support National Adaptation Plans. Read more go.undp.org/wxz
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Is it getting harder to follow what environmental experts are talking about? If you are new to the nature & biodiversity crisis, then our new guide is for you. As #COP17Armenia gets underway, explore @UNDPplanet's Climate Dictionary: Nature Edition now: go.undp.org/oxv
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