Accelerating Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals

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29th Conference of the Parties (COP29)
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Transforming Nigeria’s Tax Landscape: Tackling Transfer Pricing in the Oil & Gas Sector
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From Response to Resilience: How Digital Financial Services Can Advance Climate Adaptation Efforts Better Than Cash Alliance contribution
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UNDP’s SDG Finance Academy Launches Open-Access Course on Financing National Climate and Energy Targets
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Attracting Climate Finance to Africa Through the Development of Bankable Project Pipelines
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UNDP collaborates with governments, investors, and businesses to transform public and private finance, benefiting both people and the planet. Through the Sustainable Finance Hub, we partner globally to help create a financial system that supports sustainable development and achieves the SDGs.

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Public Finance for the SDGs

Aligning public finance, budgets, tax and debt, with the SDGs

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Private Finance for the SDGs

Leveraging and aligning private capital with the SDGs

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Integrated National Financing Frameworks

Providing a framework for financing national sustainable development priorities and the SDGs

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SDG Finance Academy

Building capacity for sustainable finance across the globe

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E-Learning

Start your sustainable finance learning journey with our open-access courses.

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Impact

Explore essential data on UNDP’s sustainable finance work

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Countries

Over 100 countries supported to work on sustainable finance

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750

Billion

Over US$750 billion aligned and leveraged for the SDGs in 2022-2024

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Countries

85 countries supported to develop Integrated National Financing Frameworks

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500

Opportunities

500 SDG investment opportunity areas identified through the investor maps in 30 countries

Publications

Financing Climate Resilience - Balancing Access and Impact in the IGAD Region
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Financing Climate Resilience - Balancing Access and Impact in the IGAD Region

The humanitarian costs of climate related crises in the IGAD region have risen significantly over the last few decades. The prolonged drought of 2023 left 23.4 million people food insecure in the region with an estimate of 2.7 million people displaced. There are, however, insufficient financial...

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Financing Policy Brief Series | Recommendations for FfD4
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Financing Policy Brief Series | Recommendations for FfD4

This policy brief "Making finance work for people and planet - Strengthening country financing systems through integrated national financing frameworks" emphasizes country-led Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) as the central tool guiding public and private, domestic and international...

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Development Finance Assessment for Albania
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Development Finance Assessment for Albania

Albania’s Development Finance Assessment provides a comprehensive review of the country’s financial landscape, identifying strengths and weaknesses in the financial system and how they affect development objectives and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report explores...

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Secretariats hosted by UNDP

UNDP's sustainable finance expertise and trusted relationships with 170 countries have led to it hosting several global networks.

Financial Centers for Sustainability

Financial Centers for Sustainability

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Sustainable Insurance Forum

Sustainable Insurance Forum

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Introduction to Unlocking Private Capital and Aligning Business Operations for the SDGs

This module outlines UNDP's approach to working with the private sector to unlock private capital and align business operations for the SDGs. In this introductory...

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Introduction to Integrated National Financing Frameworks and Portfolios

This module uses real-world country case studies to illustrate how INFFs can be utilized to tackle sustainable development challenges by enhancing coherence among policies, making...

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Unlocking private capital: Introduction to SDG Investment Project Pipelines

In this module, you will learn why the private sector is an essential partner for achieving the SDGs. You will also learn important  terminology and...

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Best practices in risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response and recovery: A Vanuatu Business Resilience Council Case Study

This publication presents a selection of five initiatives alongside “Best Practice Takeaways” for each, with the intent of enabling other organizations, and in particular other...

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Guidance for Mainstreaming Decent Work in INFFs

Practical guidance for integrating a decent work perspective throughout the INFF building blocks

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CBi Annual Report 2022

The Connecting Business initiative (CBi) Annual Report provides an overview of our activities in private sector disaster preparedness, response and recovery in 2022, plus a...

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Introduction to the INFF Facility

This introduction highlights the INFF Facility’s technical assistance work on supporting country-led INFFs, theory of change, emerging impacts, results to date, partnerships and contact.
 

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2023 State of INFFs

This update showcases how countries are using INFFs to build a more sustainable financing architecture, aligning public and private finance with national sustainable development priorities...

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Inclusive insurance and risk financing in Colombia. Snapshot and way forward 2023

The report summarizes the key findings of an inclusive insurance and risk finance country diagnostic carried out by the IRFF and UNDP Colombia. The publication...

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Inclusive Insurance and Risk Financing Diagnostic in Maldives

The diagnostic report articulates the insurance supply side, a picture of the demand side, the gaps and opportunities in the enabling environment and the financial...

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