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    Towards a more gender-equitable COVID-19 response

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    Biodiversity leaders at UNDP recommend framework for monitoring ecosystem integrity

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    UNDP Partners with D-REC Initiative to Scale Up Energy Access Through Innovative Investment Models
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    UNDP and CHÔRA Foundation collaborate to develop cutting-edge policy advisory services

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    Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery
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    COVID-19 response utilized to erode democracy in some countries
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    Equator Prize 2021 honors trailblazing Indigenous and local solutions for people and planet
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    Generation Equality Forum Paris: Bold actions for a new generation of gender equality

    Announcement of Feminist Action for Climate Justice Coalition commitments as part of the July 2021 Generation Equality Forum in Paris

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    SEED announces winners of the 2021 SEED Awards

    SEED announced the winners of the SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development (SEED Awards), at the UN’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The winners and runners-up, who hail from nine countries across Africa and Asia, showcased their innovative and sustainable enterprises which contribute to climate adaptation and lower carbon use. The nine winners and 39 runners-up are eligible for participation in the renowned SEED Accelerator and Catalyser programmes, to help scale their enterprises and their impact.

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    Statement by Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the conclusion of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Government Governors Meeting

    Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and representative of the United Nations (UN) at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Government Governors Meeting held in Venice, Italy, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the meeting.

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    UNDP and EBRD reaffirm partnership to promote sustainable development
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    Women shine as leaders, yet their absence at top levels of public service threatens pandemic recovery
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