• News 8 September 2025 What does it take to turn climate commitments into progress? A new UNEP policy brief dives into the “how” of climate action, looking at ways to turn commitments into concrete mitigation and adaptation action. Advancing NDC Implementation: Insights from UNEP’s NDC Action Project showcases real-world strategies, innovative financing, and inclusive governance that are helping countries deliver on their NDCs. Compiled by UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, the policy brief highlights country-specific insights from the International Climate Initiative-funded NDC…
• News 17 May 2024 Innovative climate resilient housing pilot in Bangladesh Through a pilot project for climate-resilient housing in Bangladesh's coastal zone, the NDC Action Project and BRAC are showcasing a new way to tackle the challenges posed by the climate crisis in Mongla Upazila in the Western part of Bangladesh. Along with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who is the country focal point for the NDC Action Project, experts from UNEP, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and BRAC visited the site of the pilot housing project during a mission…
• News 8 May 2023 NDC action: Climate resilient housing in Bangladesh In March 2023, a team of experts from the NDC Action project visited partners and communities in Bangladesh to gain on-the-ground experience of low-cost climate resilient housing. The field trip was organized by the technical partner BRAC, and included high-level officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Department of Environment, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and experts from UNEP and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. The team visited the…
• News 7 June 2022 Mongolia and Bangladesh move towards NDC priorities To support climate action and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Mongolia and Bangladesh, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) joined high-level and in-person meetings with Government and wider stakeholders to discuss and agree sector-specific investment opportunities. In both countries, UNEP-CCC joined the meetings and workshops through the NDC Action Project, a project supporting 10 partner countries across the world, to help translate NDCs into concrete sector…
• Project 17 January 2020 NDC Action The NDC Action Project supports 10 partner countries to translate their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into concrete sector strategies and actions ready for financing and implementation, and to increase the ambition of their NDCs. At present, many countries are not yet able to fully exploit the transformative potential of their NDCs, as they still face significant obstacles. UNEP and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre jointly offer to address them with help of the recently launched NDC…
• Project 18 December 2018 Capacity Development for CDM (CD4CDM) Project The CD4CDM created an enabling business and regulatory environment that was conducive for identification, preparation, approval, financing and implementation of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the target countries. To reach this goal, UNEP DTU Partnership and its in-country partners implemented the following broad activities: Provision of institutional strengthening and capacity development Support to the establishment & operationalization of Designated National Authorities …
• Project 7 November 2018 CDM Loan Scheme   The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Loan Scheme was conceived as a means to improve the regional distribution of the CDM by enhancing the number of registered CDM activities in under-represented countries. The CDM Loan Scheme has been instrumental to support the increased participation to the CDM by countries with less than 10 registered CDM projects in underrepresented regions. As agreed by Parties at the Copenhagen Climate Conference in 2009 the loans are provided interest-free from…
• Project 26 October 2018 Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) aims to strengthen capacities in developing countries to assess the impacts of their climate policies and actions and to support greater transparency, effectiveness, ambition and trust in climate policies worldwide. The Initiative works with countries to build capacities on understanding and applying tools and approaches to measure, report and verify (MRV) greenhouse gas emissions reductions and adaptation action, as well as to strengthen…

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