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When the floods in Nepal destroyed a road needed to transport produce from Aamachhodingmo to markets, a message to the UN team's Facebook page prompted the Resident Coordinator and UN partners to efficiently coordinate deliveries via helicopter.

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.

Amid a $4 trillion gap in development financing, the Joint SDG Fund is accelerating a shift toward co-investment and shared priority where the UN and Resident Coordinators build partnerships with stakeholders to connect policy and private capital.

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.

Across Iraq, people are building peace every day with support from the UN through education, inclusion, economic opportunities and reconciliation, laying the foundation for sustainable development even as the country grapples with the wounds of conflict.

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.

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.

Following devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people and left more than 900 missing across Nepal, the UN and partners have released emergency funding, deployed assessment teams and mobilised supplies to support the Government-led response.