The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities and put tremendous strain on Moldova’s small and open economy. Moreover, the country has recently witnessed severe droughts, floods…  Read more

As evidence mounts of the association between air pollution levels and higher COVID-19 death tolls, a joint study by UNDP and the European Space Agency (ESA) provides insight on the impact of the…  Read more

What do you know about the air you breathe? Is the air in your city/region more polluted than the accepted standards or is it exceeding the norms? Are the data we have available enough?  Read more

Sixty-four percent of people worldwide believe climate change is a global emergen-cy, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UNDP's "Peoples' Climate Vote". In Moldova, sixty-one…  Read more

In 2019, the European Commission presented its Green Deal, an overarching vision for the European Union’s transition to a climate-neutral, modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, as well…  Read more

UNDP launched Mission 1.5 In Action, an e-learning tool for citizens to learn what governments can do to address climate change.  Read more

The Republic of Moldova will have a more robust climate change monitoring, verification and reporting system (MRV) and a law that will gradually abolish the use of so-called F-gases. The drafts of the…  Read more

10 basins for rainwater collection and storage will be created in Cantemir, Criuleni, Hîncești, Leova and Ungheni districts. Eight basins are estimated to start operations in the middle of summer…  Read more

UNDP Moldova signed on to the global campaign to enable citizens to cast their votes on how they want the authorities to address climate change. A Romanian-language version of the Mission 1.5 mobile…  Read more

Republic of Moldova ranks 90 out of 189 countries and territories as per the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2019, which measures national progress in health, education and income and is annually…  Read more