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£6.25M prize calls on innovators to tackle snakebite’s 16,000 annual deaths
Across Southeast Asia, an estimated 242,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes every year, and around 16,000 of them die. Most of them are farmers, rural workers, and children in …
A new UN Women report finds that 84 per cent of women’s organisations report that demand for their …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP, Republic of Korea expand global partnership for early recovery to help communities move beyond crisis
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of the Republic of Korea jointly launched Phase II …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Satellite imagery guides faster recovery in crisis zones
When crises hit, the first 48 hours can determine how quickly communities recover. Which areas get help first, …
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17 March 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN endorses first-ever global statistical framework to measure disaster risk and impacts
18 July 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP and Republic of Korea launch global early recovery initiative for crisis-hit communities
25 May 2025
29 April 2025
19 April 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Urgent removal of at least 2.5 million tonnes of debris needed in Myanmar following earthquake: UNDP
16 April 2025
8 April 2025
3 March 2025
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Green Climate Fund approves US$103 million to strengthen early warning systems for vulnerable countries
14 September 2024
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact
15 July 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP welcomes Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Initiative
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Fund for Coral Reefs approves more than US$25 million in additional funding for resilience action
10 June 2024
United Nations Development Programme
US$135-million UNDP, GEF initiative will support small island developing states tackle drivers of environmental degradation
8 February 2024
United Nations Development Programme
New GEF funds scales up ambition to get ahead of the triple planetary crisis
24 July 2023
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