• News 26 June 2026 Urgent Call to Action: Protecting Health Through Energy Efficiency, Nature-Based Solutions and Heat–Health Action Plans Globally, communities are facing another year of extreme temperatures, and the urgency of addressing heat-related risks has never been clearer. In recent weeks, countries including France, Spain, Italy and Greece have experienced prolonged heatwaves, triggering health alerts, disrupting daily life and placing additional pressure on healthcare systems, energy infrastructure and vulnerable communities. Emerging economies face particularly acute exposure: rapid, often informal urbanization, large…
• News 24 June 2026 From transparency to implementation: How Brazil built a climate plan with science and people at its core As countries move from setting targets to delivering them, Brazil’s Plano Clima offers a practical example of how climate commitments can be translated into sectoral action, monitoring systems, and inclusive governance processes.The national climate plan, launched by the Government of Brazil in March 2026 and developed through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society process, serves as the country’s roadmap for implementing its NDC and achieving its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions…
• News 5 June 2026 Countries Invited to Join Next Phase of Technology Needs Assessments to Accelerate Climate Action Countries can now express their interest in joining the sixth phase of the Technology Needs Assessments (TNA) project, offering a tailored pathway to identify priority climate technologies, strengthen implementation planning, and accelerate delivery of national climate commitments. As countries prepare and implement increasingly ambitious NDCs, TNAs provide a structured, country-driven process to identify and prioritize technologies for both mitigation and adaptation, assess barriers to their…
• News 5 June 2026 Countries Invited to Join Next Phase of Technology Needs Assessments to Accelerate Climate Action Countries can now express their interest in joining the sixth phase of the Technology Needs Assessments (TNA) project, offering a tailored pathway to identify priority climate technologies, strengthen implementation planning, and accelerate delivery of national climate commitments. As countries prepare and implement increasingly ambitious NDCs, TNAs provide a structured, country-driven process to identify and prioritize technologies for both mitigation and adaptation, assess barriers to their…
• News 1 June 2026 Uganda shows the way for financing climate-smart irrigation Expanding access to affordable and climate-resilient irrigation solutions is becoming increasingly urgent for smallholder farmers in many low-income countries. But scaling these solutions requires more than technology alone; it depends on coordinated investments, stronger institutions and financing models that work for rural communities. These issues were at the centre of the Uganda National Forum for Scaling Investment in Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS), convened in Kampala on 6 May…
• News 28 May 2026 Niger validates its next 5-year climate strategy – the NDC 3.0 The Government of Niger has validated its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) during a national workshop in Niamey on May 19th, marking an important milestone in the country’s preparation of its next generation climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. The revision of the national commitments was a collaborative process that brought together a wide range of national and international partners. Throughout this exercise, UNEP and the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre provided…
• Project 8 May 2026 Supporting Liberia’s NDC 3.0 Implementation and Investment Planning Liberia is advancing the implementation of its Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), with a strong focus on translating enhanced climate ambition into concrete, investment-ready actions. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is supporting Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and sectoral stakeholders to revise the NDC Implementation Plan and develop a robust NDC Investment Plan, aligned with the targets of NDC 3.0. The project addresses key barriers to NDC implementation…
• Project 1 May 2026 Upscaling Zimbabwe’s NDC Implementation and Raising Ambition for NDC 3.0 This project supports Zimbabwe in preparing its next-generation NDC 3.0 for 2025–2035, enhancing the country’s climate ambition by expanding mitigation actions beyond the energy sector to include AFOLU, waste, and IPPU, aiming at increasing GHG emission reductions per capita from 33% to 40% by 2030, while also strengthening the country’s adaptation framework to address growing climate risks across key sectors such as agriculture, water, and infrastructure. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre…

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