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Children in the Pacific island state Niue gather around newly installed weather monitoring equipment. The gear is helping meteorologists better forecast extreme weather and issue alerts to communities.
Supporting communities dealing with climate change
UNEP supported communities in 50 countries as they adapted to drought, rising seas and other climate impacts. That work – highlighted in a UNEP podcast, Resilience – is expected to benefit 3.5 million people and restore 241,000 hectares of land. Initiatives launched last year include a US$60 million effort in Jordan to boost water security for 750,000 people.
In addition, three countries – Costa Rica, Nepal and Zimbabwe – finalized their national adaptation plans, with support from UNEP. The plans are designed to unlock public and private sector investment; Nepal’s alone aims to generate US$47 billion by 2050. In all, UNEP is assisting 30 countries in the development of national adaptation plans.
Meanwhile, UNEP supported six small island developing states – the Cook Islands, the Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Timor Leste and Tuvalu – on early-warning systems for natural disasters. Niue tracked an April 2024 storm that brought heavy rains and gale force winds, Palau has begun to issue national ocean bulletins and Timor-Leste held community-level disaster simulations.