Peoples' Climate Vote

Photo courtesy of TED
Humanity’s planet-shaping powers - and what they mean for the future

Working together for a new future

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged not just our everyday lives, but how UNDP works with its partners, and how it delivers for those most in need. See how we are responding collectively and in new more flexible ways to complex and unprecedented global challenges.

Re-thinking governance in the Anthropocene

Five reasons to be optimistic about clean energy in 2021

How we can overcome the COVID-19 pandemic together

Photo: UNDP Pakistan/Mian Khurshee

Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made towards increasing access to education and school enrollment, particularly for girls. In 2020 and as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, the closure of schools, universities and other learning institutions affected the lives of 1.6 billion students in over 190 countries. At UNDP, we are committed to helping countries recover justly and fairly, ensuring the well-being of all children, and leaving no one behind.