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As countries observe the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN is supporting preparations for the 'Super' El Niño by sharpening risk analysis, pre-positioning assistance, protecting resources and mobilising finance amid compounding crises.

Small Island Developing States face unique vulnerabilities that deter the investments needed to grow. The UN is supporting their enormous potential through risk reduction, a steady supply of investable projects and suitable policies and conditions.

Nearly five decades after Viet Nam joined the UN, the two are setting out a new vision of green and digital transformation, investment in people, resilience to demographic and climate change, and solutions that can travel beyond national borders.

The UN's "Climate Promise: Forward" initiative supports countries to advance sustainable development in tandem with their climate commitments by tackling barriers to progress and ensuring lasting change is embedded in national plans and partnerships.

As Indonesia faces rising energy prices, supply disruptions and climate impacts, the UN is working with the Government to implement renewable energy, unlock finance and build resilience while ensuring workers, women and coastal communities are included.

At UN Climate Week 4 in Baku, participants focused on turning climate plans into solutions that work in the real world, attract investment, deliver benefits for people and are replicable at scale, becoming part of the real economy.

Nepal has approached the UN Loss and Damage Fund for support following the devastating floods on 26 August, underlining how countries with low greenhouse gas emissions are experiencing profound human and economic consequences from climate change.

A new UN report warns that the world is set to surpass the 1.5°C limit above pre-industrial levels, with every fraction of a degree costing lives and livelihoods. But slashing methane pollution, protecting ecosystems and phasing out fossil fuels can reverse this trend.