Rebecca Carman

🙌🏼So pleased @Cisco & others are using @UNDP's #ClimateDictionary to unpack key terms for the public. You can find it here 👇🏼 climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stori…

African inventor makes biodegradable plastic using an invasive plant. In the process, he reduces malaria and provides green jobs for the community.

We’re pleased to partner with @IIED, @LRI & @ENDA for the Africa Regional Training in La Somone, Senegal 🇸🇳, bringing 60+ LDC delegates together to strengthen UNFCCC skills on finance, transparency, just transition, loss & damage, GST & adaptation ahead of SB64 & COP31.

The Netherlands is building giant artificial islands to protect wildlife. Meeting global challenges with nature. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #climatecrisis #climate #rewilding #GreenNewDeal

“Climate scientists use dozens of different computer models to assess the future climate. However, for the complex Amoc system, these produce widely varying results, ranging from some that indicate no further slowdown by 2100 to those suggesting a huge deceleration of about 65%, even when carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning are gradually cut to net zero. The research combined real-world ocean observations with the models to determine the most reliable, and this hugely reduced the spread of uncertainty. They found an estimated slowdown of 42% to 58% in 2100, a level almost certain to end in collapse.”

.@flacamera (Direttore Generale @IRENA): «L'ultimo anno sono stati installati 700 Gigawatt di rinnovabili. Questo dato è il doppio della capacità elettrica installata con il nucleare nel mondo negli ultimi 70 anni». #SustainableFutureEnergySummit #energia #transizione

Esta velocidad es endiabladamente alta. De decenas a miles de veces más rápida que los cambios climáticos del pasado. 🐢 →🐎

A globally rare landscape of blanket bog near Loch Ness is being restored as part of Britain's largest rewilding initiative. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/news/peatland-…

To support communities in Eswatini, Zambia & Zimbabwe, @UNDP secured $30M in funding from @adaptationfund, for scaling up locally led climate action and protecting 🔵lives 🔵livelihoods 🔵ecosystems Learn more: go.undp.org/T4P

Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, has made the planet itself the sole beneficiary and effective "shareholder" of his company. In an extraordinary move that redefined corporate ownership, Chouinard transferred full control of the $3 billion outdoor apparel brand away from his family. He placed 100% of the company into a carefully designed structure consisting of a trust and a nonprofit organization, both dedicated to combating the climate crisis and protecting the natural world. Under this new arrangement, the Chouinard family gave up any claim to personal profits. Instead, all earnings not reinvested in growing the business—roughly $100 million each year—now flow directly to environmental causes, funding the preservation of wild lands, conservation efforts, and initiatives to fight climate change. In essence, Patagonia now exists to serve Earth as its only true shareholder, placing planetary survival above the accumulation of private wealth. The model has already delivered significant results. As of 2025, the company had channeled an additional $180 million into nature-protection projects. The structure relies on two key entities: the Patagonia Purpose Trust, which safeguards the company’s original mission and values, and the Holdfast Collective, a nonprofit that directs the profits toward high-impact environmental work. Rather than selling the business to the highest bidder or taking it public, Chouinard chose this radical path—creating what many see as a groundbreaking template for purpose-driven capitalism. Patagonia has shown that a for-profit company can become a powerful force for ecological restoration while remaining financially successful. [Chouinard, Y. (2022). Patagonia's Next Chapter: Earth is Now Our Only Shareholder. Patagonia Works]

🎞️ Do you remember @cassie_flynn from @UNDP talking about the UNDP Climate Promise, which is supported by the IKI? It helps developing countries to achieve their NDCs. In this video, she provides more insight by highlighting an example from Viet Nam. #VoicesFromIKI @UNDPplanet

New resource 🟢
 How can young people turn climate justice into action and accountability?
 This guide helps youth connect climate impacts to rights, identify entry points for engagement, and strengthen accountability.
 Explore here: go.undp.org/TSL
 #ECOSOCYouth

🚨: Christina Koch has officially become the only woman to orbit the Moon!

Good news for this little guy! Thousands of acres of koala habitat (8,400 hectares (21,000 acres) of forest) are now protected and offlimits to logging in New South Wales: buff.ly/3Ph34q0 Nature is amazing. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity

What do the new national climate plans (NDCs) reveal about climate action? Here’s what the data shows 👇 🔹 80% reference plans to reduce fossil fuels 🔹 90% strengthen adaptation 🔹 75% include economy-wide emissions targets More in our new explainer: go.undp.org/SPY

New report 🟢 Through @FAO and @UNDP’s SCALA programme, Cambodia is using the NEXT tool to strengthen climate action in agriculture and land use. Turning national climate plans (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) into action. 👉 Find out how: go.undp.org/S5z

I spoke with @FrancoisF24 at @FRANCE24 about the current global development landscape & the challenges to financing sustainable development, including the ongoing conflicts. In an increasingly interconnected world🌎, I emphasized why we must work together & not in isolation.

Are you new to #CarbonMarkets or supporting policy, project or investment decisions? 👉 Carbon Markets 101 offers a clear entry point: go.undp.org/iHu Module 1 explains how carbon markets work, what high integrity requires and how Article 6.2 is applied in practice.

Kazakhstan | NDC spotlight 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan submitted its latest national climate plan in October 2025, supported by @UNDP, @FAOclimate, @unicefkaz, @UNITAR, and other international development partners. 👉 Learn more: go.undp.org/5PH @UNDPKAZ | @UNDPEurasia

What was once a story of conflict is now one of reconciliation. Community-led ecotourism and education means jaguars roam freely again. This #WorldWildlifeDay see how @theGEF @PNUDColombia support work for wildlife, for livelihoods, #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/5sM