UNDP is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.
Activities
UNDP’s energy and environment programme is the largest of UNDP’s six practice areas with projects totalling over US$3 billion. UNDP’s activities are supported by the Environmentally Sustainable Development Group (ESDG) within the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP):
Capacity 21 – works in over 75 countries to help integrate the principles of Agenda 21;
Drylands Development Centre – leads UNDP’s efforts in supporting long-term development in the drylands of the world;
Equator Initiative – supports and stengthens community partnerships to conserve and promote the sustainable use of biodiversity in the equatorial belt;
