United Nations Development Programme Papua New Guinea Newsletter

Abstract

For a deeper look into the state of the world’s development challenges, the UNDP 2020 Human Development Report was launched this month. The report centers the need for bold steps to reduce the pressure being exerted on the planet. It introduces the notion of environmental sustainability into the measurement of human progress and development. If humanity is to thrive and survive, we need to deploy nature-based solutions, incentives, a change in our social norms, behavior and lifestyles to tackle today’s most pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity decline, and inequalities.