UN agencies are coordinating with local and national authorities in Ukraine to combine emergency response with longer-term initiatives, ensuring that support reaches the most vulnerable amid continuous energy disruptions.
As Jordan advances its Economic Modernization Vision and sees notable gains in women's political participation, the UN is working with private and public partners to accelerate implementation, unlock scale and leave no woman or girl behind.
With financing from the Joint SDG Fund, a new UN programme is supporting local governments in Georgia to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with new planning tools, partnerships across industries and systems for tracking results.
With a package of seeds, training and micro greenhouses, women in Afghanistan are able to feed their families and improve their livelihoods while forming community bonds with support from the UN's Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan.
The UN-supported Renewable Energy Innovation Fund worked with Uruguay and partners in securing both funding and private-public collaboration for Kahirós, the country's first large-scale initiative producing and using green hydrogen for heavy transport.
Through policy development, South-South cooperation and climate finance mobilisation, the UN in China is supporting the country's updated Nationally Determined Contribution for 2035, a new pathway for reducing emissions.
A new multilateral programme in Albania addresses critical socio-economic challenges for the most vulnerable communities, including high youth unemployment, poverty, and inadequate access to quality care services. As the world partakes in the World Social Summit, investing in similar social protection programmes is key to securing a sustainable future for all.
In 2025, the urgency of climate action is undeniable. Spotlighting ten solutions that prove that scaling action now can drive justice, jobs, resilience and still bend the curve towards the 1.5-degree limit.
