Signature Solutions Interaction Matrix

The analysis below, which is summarized and presented as Table ___ on page ___ of the Manifesto, indicates how each of the Signature Solutions in
the Strategic Plan relate to each other. Given that each SS is cross-sectoral, the analysis provides a useful mapping to guide the direction of UNDP
policy and programme support. This mapping, together with a similar approach to analyse the links between each SS and the three development
outcomes as well as each of the 17 SDGs, provided a substantive foundation for making proposals on structure and the allocation of resources.

INFLUENCE
S1 – Keep people out of poverty S2 – Strengthen S3 – Enhance S4 – Promote nature- S5 – Close the S6 –
governance capacities for based solutions energy gap Strengthen
resilience gender
equality
S Globally, over 700 million people still Governance strengthens Resilience helps The world’s poor are Energy solutions Globally, there
1 live below the international poverty poverty solutions when prevent and alleviate disproportionately help to close the are 122
line of $1.90 per day. Additionally, 800 there are broad-based multidimensional dependent on the gap on women aged
million people are close to the poverty coalitions and poverty. Natural nature for their multidimensional 25-34 living in
threshold, vulnerable to social, participatory hazards force 26 livelihoods and poverty across extreme
economic and environmental shocks. policymaking supporting million back into subsistence, a some of the world’s poverty for
And 1.6 billion people are considered social change. poverty every year.3 65 phenomenon known as poorest country every 100 men
multi-dimensionally poor. Governance also million people are ‘GDP of the poor’. settings. Since of the same
strengthens state displaced by war –with Forests sustain the 2000, close to 3 age group.
This signature solution aims to keep presence in the 31 an increasing trend. livelihoods of 1.5 billion billion people still Women are
people out of poverty by addressing the countries with the Socio-economic shocks people4; oceans employ rely on traditional also more
interconnected economic, highest levels of extreme can exacerbate one out of eight solid fuels for likely than
environmental and social challenges poverty (1.90/day)2, and poverty, in particular people5; and 80% of cooking purposes— men to live
that keep people poor or make them provides a fiscal for those living just food produced in Africa many of them are below 50
vulnerable to slipping back into backbone required to above the poverty line. is on plots of 2 hectares nature-based and percent of the
Dependency

poverty. To implement this signature improve equity in Crisis and conflict or smaller. Nature- require improved median
solution, UNDP will co-design, with spending, taxation and prevention and risk- based solutions can access and income.
countries, integrated solutions that subsidies in the 60 informed development provide an enormous sustainable Gender
address determinants as well as exit countries with the will make poverty and and largely untapped equality is

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Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas, 2018, Leaving No Country Behind, Washington DC: The Brookings Institution.
3 Hallegatte, Stephane; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Bangalore, Mook; Rozenberg, Julie. 2017. Unbreakable : Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters Climate Change and Development; Washington, DC:
World Bank.
4 Shackleton, S., C. Shackleton and P.Shanley, eds. 2011. Non-Timber Forest Products in the Global Context. Springer Publishers.
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See FAO. 2012. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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 and reversals of poverty (income- and highest levels of inequality reduction potential to drive green management.7 Over therefore at
multi-dimensional). A particular focus moderate poverty more sustainable over economy - local 1 billion people do the core of
will be on the most poor and (4/day). time. For the most sustainable economies, not have access to sustained
vulnerable, in line with the 2030 vulnerable states, such ecotourism, sustainable electricity. The poverty
Agenda pledge to leave no one Poor governance makes as Small Island fisheries, aquaculture, move to renewable reduction.
behind. Given that majority of the the governance of Development States, forest enterprises and energy in many Studies have
world’s poor are women, UNDP’s work poverty very difficult. To the key focus is on agriculture. countries is shown that
will explicitly address gender-based address the multi- vulnerability and expected to provide economically
exclusion. dimensional nature of enhancing social Protected areas have a access to solar, empowering
poverty, a state requires protection. Key particularly important wind and other women has a
UNDP will facilitate partnerships core government partners: UNEP, OCHA, role to play in local and energy sources. more direct
within and beyond country boundaries functionality at national FAO, ministries of national economies. benefit in
to provide cutting-edge durable and sub-national levels, a urban planning and Intact ecosystems Energy is a critical socioeconomic
solutions. Our offer will be adaptable system of rule of law and public works. provide a subsistence enabler for indicators for
to known and projected changes in the equitable access to economy for hundreds sustainable the whole
development landscape that affect justice and security, a Access to jobs and of millions of people, development. family than
poverty reduction interventions, degree of participation in livelihoods in post- providing a buffer to Providing access to empowering
including issues such as urbanization, decision making as well disaster, conflict and shocks that drive basic clean energy men.
migration, environmental degradation, as honest government protracted contexts increased poverty. In and affordable Furthermore,
climate change, insecurity, and integrity in the contributes to keeping countries with largely services to the closing the
demographic changes, and the Fourth management of financial people out of poverty degraded ecosystems, poorest in society gender gap in
Industrial Revolution. and non-financial and is a key accelerator ecosystem restoration will offer them a economic
resources (including for resilience. Creation can provide jobs while way out of poverty. participation
UNDP will work at global, national and alternative means of of emergency jobs and helping to restore Affordable, reliable by 25% could
sub-national levels to help financing). Sustainable the overall essential ecosystem and clean energy is increase global
governments to: poverty reduction also diversification of services. also a driver of GDP by US$5.3
1. Promote integrated development requires equitable local livelihoods economic growth. If trillion by
planning, budgeting/costing to service provision, opportunities for The health of the planet economic growth is 2025.[1] By
incorporate poverty and strengthened local vulnerable groups help and human health are a pre-condition for increasing
environmental issues into national and governance capacities, stabilize livelihoods. inextricably linked6. poverty reduction, female labour
subnational policies and plans (Key access to information, Integrated action of energy access is a participation,
partner(s): UNCTs). and an enabling Risk reduction and pollution and health can core strategy. Not breaking down
2. Scale up mechanisms for financial environment for resilience building are improve the only will it improve gender-based
inclusion for the poor by leveraging economic development core development environment and human their quality of life, occupational
existing initiatives and innovative to support jobs and strategies for ending health (see Lancet but it will also allow segregation,
finance. (Key partner(s): UNCDF). livelihoods. extreme poverty by Commission on basic economic improving
3. Promote digital inclusion and ICT It also requires regulatory helping protect the Pollution). Partners activity, as well as access to
initiatives to address barriers to and legal frameworks to livelihoods and assets include WHO, UNEP – enable education, assets and
equitable access to markets such as reduce or curb see new MoUs. health services, and leveling the

6 see Lancet Commission Report on Planetary Health.

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IEA, 2016, World Energy Outlook, Paris: IEA.
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 changing skills requirements and discrimination which of the poor and the Rapid urbanization is internet access. SS playing field
entrepreneurship opportunities. disempower the poor. most vulnerable. reducing agricultural 5 will assist beyond
Enhance engagement by the poor in land available, which developing poverty for
public spheres for economic The use of digital Socio-economic leads to food insecurity. productive uses of opportunities,
empowerment and economic technologies and big data recovery can help energy that can rights and
diversification (Key partners: ITU, can contribute to secure incomes, Nearly a billion people in create jobs and assets, women
UNCTAD, Multilateral Development improved public services restore livelihoods of the developing world become vectors for will be able to
Banks). such as health, the poor, protection lack safe drinking water. economic participate
4. Support countries by producing education, cash transfers and security, balanced International water development. By more actively
evidence-based analytics of the and help detect the main with support for disputes, civil offering cleaner in the
impacts of megatrends on poverty pockets of poverty of rehabilitation of disturbances caused by energy (renewable economy and
reduction, and scenario building that those being left behind. infrastructure and all water shortages, and electricity, clean potentiate
employs integrated systems and top A HR lens is needed to multidimensional potential regulatory cooking), women their impact in
thought leadership (Key partners: ensure there is attention aspects of poverty. solutions to diffuse and children will their
private sector, academia). to and meaningful Economic recovery is a water conflict will benefit, by avoiding communities.
5. Develop a city-level offer to work with engagement and building block for become increasingly fuelwood Key partners:
municipalities to address urban empowerment of poverty eradication, more common. collection, time will UN Women,
poverty as a system integrating jobs marginalised groups - the starting early, during or be freed for other ILO, regional
and livelihoods needs, social poor, youth, women, after a crisis. Key partners: Vertical economic commissions,
protection, access to basic services, people with disabilities, Funds (GEF) FAO, UN development gender
empowering women and girls, through people living with and This includes ensuring Environment, CBD, UN activities, and ministries,
building strong institutions and disproportionately resilience and Water, Ministries of health and general private sector.
partnerships, promoting city-to-city affected by HIV, elderly, sustainability of health Natural Resources, wellbeing, will
peer learning, community mobilization ethnic minorities and systems, especially in Departments of improve. Energy
and identification of financing. This displaced. conflict, post-conflict Economic efficiency measures
will also address urban-rural linkages. and fragile settings. Development/Finance/P will result in savings
(Key partners: Cities Alliance, No progress in poverty Key partners include lanning, private sector. that will have direct
UNHABITAT). reduction can be WHO (see new MoU and immediate
6. Scale up cutting-edge solutions that sustained if we do not with WHO), Global impact on
address internal and cross-boundary understand and manage Fund and the World household budgets.
migration and displacement, including the drivers of conflict that Bank.
capacity for enhanced refugee destroy the gains made Key partners:
integration into private/public services on poverty reduction. Climate change Vertical Funds (GEF,
and institutions that can boost People can be left behind disprotionately impacts GCF), IEA, UNEP,
livelihoods and self-reliance (e.g. for a variety of reasons – the poor and the most E4A, ministries of
Connecting Business Initiative1) (Key identity, geography, vulnerable, who often energy; Ministries
partner(s): CBI partners, private socio-economic status, are unable to adapt or of Environment and
sector, UNHCR, WFP). shocks and disasters as recover quickly from sustainable
well as discriminatory shocks.

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The CBI aims to scale up private sector engagement in humanitarian action.
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7. Develop capacities of countries and and predatory systems development,
communities to boost the resilience of and processes of Productive use of land private sector.
the most poor and vulnerable, and governance. previously
promote social cohesion, with a Finally, development and contaminated by
differentiated offer between urban poverty eradication landmines can provide
and rural, including linkages between without peace is not livelihood
the two (Key partner(s): UNISDR). possible, hence the opportunities.
8. Support approaches that that leverage criticality of applying also
demographic dividends –benefiting a conflict prevention lens Mass migration and
youth as well as older persons, in our development work large-scale forced
including by skills building, social to prevent grievances displacement
inclusion and harnessing new and horizontal exacerbate poverty
technologies (Key partner(s): ILO, inequalities to lead to and hunger for the
UNFPA). violent conflict or that displaced, erode social
9. Boost statistics and data capacities of fuel radicalization that cohesion, jeopardize
countries, measurements and can lead to violent the rights of the
targeting of groups left behind, to extremism. Fostering displaced, and impact
understand and analyze structural social cohesion and on host communities.
systemic causes of intergenerational taking measures to
transmission of poverty and that prevent violent The effective
capture the new face of poverty which extremism and can help reintegration of ex-
is increasingly urban and dominated to build a culture of combatants is a
by female headed households. prevention and solidarity prerequisite for
10. Work with countries and the equally important to poverty eradication
private sector to boost inclusive and address poverty and and sustainable peace.
sustainable growth, promote green exclusion. Key partners
jobs and sustainable livelihoods for include: CSOs, local
youth and women (Key partners: communities, academia,
private sector groups, Green private sector,
Commodities Programme platform Parliaments, national and
partners). local governments, PBSO,
11. Promote innovative development DPA, DESA, World Bank.
solutions to address food security and
resilient agriculture in rural areas
especially in crisis-affected
populations to rebound effectively
following shocks and crises, or cope
with long term effects of climate
change. (Key partners: IFAD, FAO,
WFP)

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S2 Poverty solutions Democratic Crisis prevention and recovery 70% of lands owned by The involvement of . Efforts to address
impact governance governance systems measures stabilise and promote indigenous peoples are the private sector for gender equality and
through changing and institutions at all social cohesion and create the currently contested, yet economic growth, in women’s
social and political levels ensure the necessary conditions for the deforestation on creating jobs and empowerment have
challenges: rapid transparent, restoration of national and local indigenous lands is much livelihoods is a positive impact on
poverty reduction is accountable and governance systems and service lower than on other forms essential. This society as a whole
associated with inclusive decision- delivery and for longer term of governance. Because requires an enabling and therefore also
changing social making processes strengthening of governance nature-based solutions regulatory on the quality of
aspirations that necessary for the institutions to take hold. inherently require the environment, as well governance and the
strengthen/threaten equitable and Responses to disasters and resolution of issues related as the availability of impact of
trust in government responsive allocation building the resilience of to land tenure, user rights, infrastructure peacebuilding
and institutions; and effective communities to anticipate, access and benefit sharing (accessibility) and efforts. When
poverty reduction is management of mitigate and manage shocks aim from natural resources, energy. Energy women play a full
also associated with a public resources and to build back better by factoring in and conflict over mining, access is also and equal role in
growing focus on create the conditions local ownership, a focus on oil, gas and other essential to ensure social, economic
universal access to for transformative national institutions and a better extractives, they have the people can improve and political life,
services, financial change that supports integration of institutional efforts potential to promote their living conditions economies are
services and credit, inclusive and human at national and subnational levels, peace, security and without stronger and
social protection and rights-based including engagement with non- effective governance. discrimination. communities are
pensions. Key societies committed state actors. All of these can help Transboundary Action to promote more inclusive and
partners are DPA, to leaving no one to restore governance functions in conservation; protected universal access to resilient.
ministries of behind. In doing so, fragile settings and strengthen areas; sustainable land energy will therefore
decentralization, inclusive systems and governance institutions in more management are have a positive As such, active
ministries of justice, institutions of advanced societies. particularly well known as impact on trust measures are
Global Fund, WHO, governance can It is therefore important that crisis governance arrangements between state and needed to
UNAIDS. contribute to responses and humanitarian to promote peace and society. comprehensively
addressing the assistance, including the recovery national security. The way in which address structural
Access to essential structural causes of of livelihoods integrate, from the national and sub- barriers and gender
health services is vital radicalisation that start, the longer-term (early) The environment is national discriminatory
for keeping people can lead to violent recovery of national but essential to the survival of governments are practices that deny
out of poverty by extremism. importantly also local governance humanity yet power addressing the women their rights,
reducing out-of- systems and processes the rule of struggles over natural energy policies will restrict their
pocket health Concretely, UNDP’s law and promotion/protection of resources and have a major impact economic, social
expenditures. work on governance human rights. It also requires environmental assets on how societies will and political
Strengthening helps to build attention to integrity in managing often have a negative develop. These opportunities and
governance for peaceful, just and the resources made available for impact on the quality of policies and decisions undermine their
universal health inclusive societies by the post-disaster and post conflict governance overall. influence a society’s resilience to
coverage, including to supporting the restoration efforts. Predatory governance is capacity to secure environmental
prevent financial reform of Progress in fostering local often linked to decisions renewable energy challenges,
hardship, is critical. discriminatory laws, governance and local on natural resources and enhance energy including climate
Key partners are institutions and development can actually be (forests, minerals, wildlife, sufficiency for all change. These

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WHO (see new MoU policies, and triggered by the right combination water, land, marine sectors and include measures to
with WHO) and World promoting the of integrated recovery and resources). populations. As these advance women’s
Bank. economic, political resilience building efforts. decisions will be political
and social inclusion The same goes for the actions Biodiversity and terrestrial increasingly taken at participation at all
Effective, inclusive, and empowerment undertaken to address the and marine ecosystems the level of cities levels; adopt legal,
accountable of women, young challenges of forced displacement. provide the natural, social, they also influence policy and
governance requires people, people with Investing in women and in young cultural and natural directly the way in institutional
social and economic disabilities, people’s space, capacities and environment in which which societies will reforms to remove
inclusion and indigenous networks and partnering with communities have manage the urban- gender-based
empowerment of communities, the women’s and youth organisations evolved. Hence decisions rural divide, the discrimination in
women, young elderly and will play a critical role in building around nature do not only capacity to innovate laws, labor markets
people, people with traditionally social cohesion and resilience and affect livelihoods and and the way in which and access to and
disabilities and other marginalised groups. in sustaining peace. safety nets, they are also they seek new forms control over assets
traditionally UNDP’s offer also reflective of the values of financing and and services.
marginalized groups. includes the Partnerships: Strong coordination and principles that partnerships, and
Barriers and multi- strengthening of needed internally between CRU, underpin societies and the take forward growth Partnerships: with
dimensional core government BPPS and Regional Bureaus. way in which they and competitiveness other UN entities
vulnerabilities that functionality and Fostering Humanitarian-Peace- approach the future. with equity and like UNWOMEN,
keep people in innovation in development Nexus and all actors Hence, how societies sustainability. UNCDF and UNFPA,
poverty or that push government for involved. Peace and security manage nature But overall, equity in women and youth
them back into better service architecture in the UN, the GFP for (environmental access to energy organisations, IPU
poverty can prevent delivery, enhancing ROL in Crisis, the OCT, EU and IFIs. protection, climate resources reflects the
them from access to justice Non-state actors including change, management of way in which a
meaningfully through the women’s organisations, faith- natural resources) says a nation promotes
participating in restoration or based organisations and youth- lot about their governance household equality
governance at all strengthening of focused CSOs and youth systems, values and that translates
levels. justice and security organisations, movements and principles. directly into
Widening inequalities institutions, fostering networks, and regional institutions It also means that broadening
and the poverty of respect for rule of (AU, CARICOM, SAARC, etc). decisions related to opportunities
choices and law, participation in nature, natural resources especially for
opportunities create decision-making and Helping strengthening capacities, and ecosystem have an women/girls and
negative distortions political processes, institutional frameworks around impact on billions of promotes social
in policy-making strengthened local effective climate change people and can therefore cohesion within and
priorities and governance adaptation will be a critical part of have disastrous across communities.
undermine inclusive capacities and the solution. consequences, leading to Ubiquity of
participation in all integrity in public Government institutions must contestation over power, accessibility to
spheres. management. UNDP uphold refugee and migrant rights reduced trust in energy resources
Women’s also promotes and respect the rule of law. government, corruption, therefore has a
disempowerment and innovation and the Promotion of disaster risk conflict, wars, migration, direct effect on the
SGBV further use of technologies insurance, including climate risk urbanisation, and quality of
undermine the to ensure legal insurance for the poor and impacting the socio- governance.

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 capacity of identity for all and vulnerable (e.g. Index-Based economic and political In crisis and post-
communities to fully foster better Livestock Insurance). Currently, development processes at crisis settings, the
capitalise on all informed societies. only about 100 million people in all levels of society. ability of the state
human assets in UNDP’s work on Africa, Asia and Latin America are Decisions around the with the support of
society. governance thus covered by insurance schemes environment mobilise the private sector to
Positive results in helps to tackle the against climate risks8. groups around governance re-establish access to
addressing the main underlying causes of dialogues in fragile energy helps
drivers of why people why people face Mainstreaming risk into settings as well as in highly communities to build
are left behind and multidimensional development planning and developed nations, as up their resilience. It
face various forms of forms of poverty and management is a critical entry nature is for most people has a direct impact
poverty and exclusion exclusion, have point for addressing the the easiest link to the on building trust
therefore also have a limited control over underlying drivers of risk and concept of ‘sustainability”. between state and
direct positive effect the natural vulnerability. In fragile, and post crisis local communities
on the quality of environment, lack Core government functions are a contexts, such decisions and between state
governance and on access to renewable prerequisite for building can either promote or and economic actors.
the inclusiveness of energy sources or resilience, reduce risk and lead obstruct the sustainable
institutions. face violence and recovery efforts in crisis-affected return of displaced Signature solution #
Recovery efforts, the conflict over power settings. populations. 5 is based on our de-
creation of jobs (in and resources. It is Local governance systems have risking framework.
particular for young one of the capacity to deliver basic service, Future trends toward This approach helps
people), and (re)build trust, strengthening increased water scarcity identifying the key
livelihoods and Improving the quality social contract including point to increased conflicts risks and barriers
efforts to build of governance is an resilience. over rights to nature that prevent
resilience in fragile important means of Risk governance capacities are the (water, resources, land,). adoption of
communities help to prevention that is basis for managing and addressing Inclusive, participatory, sustainable energy
lay the foundations important in all interconnected risks - ranging accountable and solutions. It then
for governance development from disasters, landmines, transparent institutions formulates public
reforms to take hold. settings, ranging conflicts and economic shocks - to dealing with policies measures that focus
As people become from those that aim ensure development, around nature are on creating the
less poor, they will to overcome peacebuilding and recovery therefore critical in proper policy and
demand more poverty, to the more efforts are sustainable. maintaining peaceful, just regulatory
capable and advanced economies Inclusive, effective and and inclusive societies. framework needed
responsive that are going accountable institutions and Key partners include: to attract public and
institutions at through a mechanisms for risk reduction, Vertical Funds, UNIDO, private finance. In
national and sub- transformational climate change adaptation/ UNCDF, National Justice doing so, it helps
national levels, access change to the fragile mitigation, and conflict resolution Departments, Ministries of strengthen
to quality services, and crisis affected advance social cohesion and Land Use Planning and institutions, develops

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GIZ and BMZ (2015). Climate risk insurance for strengthening climate resilience of poor people in vulnerable countries: A background paper on challenges, ambitions and
perspectives.

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 and public spheres settings. In all these prevention capacities [including relevant natural resources, capacity, and
that facilitate civic settings it is PVE] law enforcement agencies; improves inclusive,
participation. important to avoid Recovery can help restore key Convention on Biological accountable and
Partnerships: with corruption and governance functions in the Diversity, UN effective governance
other UN entities like impunity, ensure the aftermath of crises, including Environment, non-state in the energy sector.
DESA, UNICEF, functionality of improved access to justice and actors that are engaged in By removing the
UNWOMEN, ILO, inclusive, redress, community-based advocacy, policy and barriers and
UNFPA, UNAIDS, transparent and security, and robust human rights programming on addressing the risks,
UNCDF and Habitat accountable protection. environmental it will unlock large
but also with non- institutions, address governance. flows (of low-cost
state actors, women grievances, promote public (development
and youth social cohesion to and ODA) and in
organisations, achieve or sustain particular private
movements and peaceful, just and finance.
networks, inclusive societies.
organisations of Key partners: Vertical
people with funds (GEF and GCF);
disabilities, UN entities like
indigenous people’s UNEP, UNCDF and
organisations. Habitat, with the
IFI’s, think tanks on
the governance
implications of
alternative energy.

S3 Poverty solutions There is a direct link between Preventing crises and Nature can provide Recovery can help Gender equality
impact resilience the quality and inclusiveness of building resilience requires more than a third of increase access to and women’s
because the governance and the not only a focus on climate solutions10. We renewable energy empowerment are
determinants of effectiveness of government mitigating the impact of cannot achieve our 1.5 and foster the integral to building
exiting poverty institutions at national and crises on development but or even 2 degree transition to zero individual,
(labour/education) sub-national levels to improve also efforts to curb the climate goals without carbon emissions institutional and
are different from the risk management and drivers of risk ingrained forests. Nature is also Disaster risk societal resilience.
determinants of mitigation and foster the within development key to strengthening reduction, Systemic
falling back into accountability systems needed processes themselves. A resilience. More than preparedness and inequalities,
poverty (assets, social to deal with climate-related, developmental approach 3200 cities could EWS can help especially those
protection, risk disaster and conflict related and expertise in resilience improve water security protect energy between women
buffers). Poverty risks. building can strengthen by protecting and solutions from and men in the
solutions need to The effectiveness of synergies across the issues of restoring forests within hazards/shocks thus economic, social
focus on both exit governance institutions helps conflict prevention, and political

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See Griscom et al., Natural Climate Solutions, 2017
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 and reversals. to ensure transparency, peacebuilding, disaster risk their watersheds11. ensuring continued spheres, exacerbate
Between 1 out of 3 accountability and inclusion in reduction, climate change Avoiding further loss of energy access the impact of
and 1 out of 6 people these recovery and resilience adaptation and mitigation, these ecosystems, and Risk assessments economic, natural
who exited poverty, building processes, also by and crisis response, in order promoting restoration, can inform and and political shocks,
fall back in because of ensuring integrity in the use to help countries avoid crises are under-utilized foster decisions on which impedes
political crises, and management of climate and return quickly to stable strategies for climate resilient energy sustainable
natural hazards, finance, disaster relief and development after crises change adaptation. options, and thus recovery and
sickness or economic mitigation funds, and occur. When the poor lose the enhance the durable peace.
downturns.9 Key crisis/conflict related In some development ecological sustainability of
partners are ILO, UN humanitarian assistance. contexts, this requires infrastructure upon energy solutions Strengthening the
Women, regional In that process the fostering of integrated support to which they depend, Renewable energy resilience of women
commissions, core government functions is government and national they do not have sources reduce enables countries
planning ministries. needed to ensure national stakeholders, in partnership financial means to carbon emissions to better respond
ownership and effectiveness at with humanitarian agencies, invest in engineering which helps limit to disasters and
Improved rural and the sub-national level in to analyse and anticipate solutions. Nature can global warming, and crises whether
urban livelihoods, leading the recovery efforts in crisis risks and strengthen help humans adapt to increases resilience. these are induced
strengthening gender crisis-affected settings. capacities for emergency the impacts of climate by environmental,
equality, building National governance systems preparedness and reducing change by protecting A long-term economic or social
social protection, need to be capacitated to lead exposure of people, assets against drought, storm sustainable energy factors, and to
ensuring access to conflict-sensitive needs and livelihoods to hazards. In surges, flooding. system, built on ensure that crises,
water, clean energy assessments and stabilization other development contexts, distributed including health
and other basic efforts to ensure the success of the right development and Risk assessments renewable energy- emergencies, do
services and the peacebuilding and recovery recovery choices can reduce provide critical based applications, not exacerbate
strengthening efforts. That also includes vulnerability and risk and information to better is more resilient to gender inequalities,
financial inclusion will strengthened national contribute a development manage, conserve and external shocks and for example by
help build resilience capacities for DRR, Mine perspective to a new way of rehabilitate crises than the increasing women’s
to shocks and hence Action, and stabilization working across the ecosystems. currently prevailing unpaid work
reduce poverty. efforts, and increased people’s humanitarian, development Recovery can help centralized grid. By responsibilities.
Building the resilience participation, to ensure and – where relevant – restore ecosystems and multiplying the When crisis
of the poor is critical peacebuilding and recovery peacebuilding nexus. Crisis related services that number of preparedness,
to achieving the SDG efforts are based on national impact on livelihoods and have been destroyed or generating assets prevention and
goal of eradicating ownership. countries in a complex negatively impacted by and bringing them recovery processes,
extreme poverty and In these development settings, interplay of economic, social, hazards/shocks, as well closer to the point including
to counter the a focus on the restoration of political, and environmental as support the of use, the system restoration of
pervasive impact of local governance systems is factors. Building resilience protection of can better governance
hazards/shocks/clima essential as it can lead to and being effective in ecosystems and withstand disasters institutions, meet
te on the poor and improved delivery of basic prevention implies having biodiversity (when part of the the needs of
vulnerable. services and help (re)build this multifaceted approach Environmental impact system comes down women as well as
to risk and vulnerability. In assessments that take due to a hurricane men and advance

9 World Poverty Clock, http://worldpoverty.io/.

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See https://global.nature.org/content/beyond-the-source
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Governments support trust between government and crisis contexts, nationally-led into consideration e.g. not the whole gender equality,
a micro and macro- populations needs assessments and hazard/climate related system will be communities can
economy that can There is an acknowledgment stabilization, peacebuilding risks can help mitigate disabled). Increased “build back better”
withstand and/or that recovery is more than and recovery efforts can the impact of disasters reliance on and become more
adapt to future rebuilding infrastructure and contribute to ensuring that through improved renewable fuels, resilient.
shocks and stresses; reviving livelihoods. Equally communities can soon environmental and reduced overall
so that people have important is to rebuild social return to sustainable management use of energy
more diversified fabric, expand civic space, development pathways. through energy Partnerships:
livelihoods. restore justice institutions and Within UNDP, greater Key partners: Vertical efficiency, reduces OHCHR, OCHA,
Risk assessments can rule of law, grievance and collaboration across the Funds (GEF/GCF/AF), overall cost and PBSO, UN Women,
help make visible the redress mechanisms to conflict prevention, disaster Ministries of land use reduces IUCN
exposure and prioritise community security. risk reduction and climate planning, Hydromet, dependence on
vulnerability of the These are all needed to help change adaptation areas, climate, natural expensive fossil fuel
poor which are often countries return quickly to health, resources; UN imports, which can
not visible. stable development after crises inequality/poverty/social Environment, UNFCCC, be particularly
Removing threats occur. protection, as well as WMO, WHO, other UN beneficial in
such as UXO provide In addition, inclusive, effective governance and agencies, IFIs. recovery contexts.
the poor additional and accountable institutions peacebuilding, is required, to
assets, such as land and mechanisms for conflict provide countries with a
and access to services resolution help to advance more integrated and holistic
and roads. Poverty social cohesion and strengthen approach to resilience while
directly contributes to prevention capacities, recognizing the need for
forced displacement including for the prevention of tailored responses to natural
and migration. violent extremism. disasters, humanitarian
Poverty reduction emergencies and other
strategies/interventio Peacebuilding and recovery forms of shocks and crisis.
ns and budgets to be efforts introduce measures for
inclusive of migrants, restoration of national and Signature solution 1: Keeping
refugees and local governance systems and people out of poverty
internally displaced service delivery, including
groups. efforts to strengthen Livelihoods and
governance systems, including jobs/economic recovery: ILO;
institutional capacities. World Bank, PBSO, UNHCR,
Crisis response integrates WFP, UNDP
longer-term recovery of Displacement and
governance systems and Migration: IOM, UNHCR,
community resilience. FAO, WB, UN Women, UNDP
Governance systems, especially Mine Action:
at sub-national level are able DPKO/UNMAS, UNICEF,
to foster resilience, manage UNOPS; UNDP
and reduce risk and

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displacement, and restore Reintegration of ex-
peace. All these can help to combatants: DPKO, UNICEF,
address the horizontal IOM, ILO, FBA, UNDP
inequalities that fuel Risk resilience: WB,
radicalization that can lead to FAO, WFP, UNISDR,
violent extremism. UNOCHA, UNCIEF, UNFPA,
Legal frameworks that ILO, UNWOMEN
prioritize risk reduction,
climate action, conflict Signature solution 2:
prevention provide an enabling Strengthen effective,
environment that fosters inclusive and accountable
resilience building. governance.

WB/IFIs, PBF/PBSO, DPA,

DPKO, OHCHR, UNODC, UN
Women, IFRC, UNISDR,
OECD, ODI, UNHCR, FBA

Signature solution 3:
Enhance national prevention
and recovery capacities for
resilient societies.
OCHA, humanitarian
agencies, donors, IFIs

Signature solution 4:
Promote nature-based
solutions for a sustainable
planet.
GEF, Poverty Environment
Initiative, UN REDD, PEDRR,
UNEP, UNISDR

Signature solution 5: Close

the energy gap. 
Agencies part of the UN-
Energy Framework and
Sustainable Energy for All;
IFIs; private sector;
humanitarian agencies,
donors.

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 Signature solution 6:
Strengthen gender equality
and the empowerment of
women and girls.
ILO, UNFPA, UN-Women
S4 Nature-based Failures in governance, in the In order for To implement this In order for nature to Gender equality
solutions to keep form of land grabs, illegal nature to be used signature solution, UNDP provide renewable energy to supports successful
people out of poverty logging, unsustainable as a strategy for will tackle the market, bridge the gap to solar and nature-based
must be accompanied agriculture, over-grazing, illegal development, the governance and capacity other forms of clean energy, solutions. Women
by efforts to obtain and unsustainable fishing, land carbon value of failures that drive policy makers must play key roles in the
and secure land conversion and other forms, land, forests, biodiversity loss and recognize the value of wood, management of
tenure for the poor, prevent nature-based solutions mangroves, ecosystem degradation, charcoal and biofuels as key natural resources
and must ensure from being effective. These peatlands must and thereby weaken to sustaining the world’s already. Women
access to credit, undermine efforts to promote be recognized resilience, exacerbate poorest families and as are also primary
training, extension nature-based solutions of all and incorporated conflicts, accelerate transition strategies, and custodians of
services and markets. kinds, but in particular they into national poverty, in particular must enact policies, knowledge on
Currently, the poor have disproportionate impacts development and women, youth and incentives and safeguards to nature-based
and marginally poor on the poor. A full climate marginalized ensure sustainable solutions. They are
have inequitable commitment to rule of law is strategies, and communities, and management and promote key in agricultural
access to these, and required to ensure the must be hamper efforts to recover equitable benefits sharing. In production and for
are at risk of falling effectiveness of nature-based safeguarded and from shocks and addition, society must food security but
back into extreme solutions. Water security is restored. New disasters, including recognize the value of hydro- are constrained by
poverty. In addition, essential to avoiding regional thinking in land climate change. To power in certain ecosystems, their unequal
agricultural conflict, but only 10% lack use planning is achieve this, UNDP will and invest in nature to access to property,
livelihoods require access to clean water, 13 and 1 required to work at global, national ensure adequate water flow. assets and finance.
access to sustainable billion will be added to the 3 ensure that cities and sub-national levels to This threatens the
farming practices, billion already facing water and communities help governments: Transitioning to affordable possibility of
improved seeds, shortages by 203014. are designed to i) Implement regulations and accessible renewable building on the
extension services, Integrated actions will be take advantage of that require the energy-based systems will knowledge of
and irrigation. –Water applied to address biodiversity the buffering internalization of the create powerful incentives women as resource
can drive socio- loss by tackling market, policy impacts of natural costs of environmental for improved natural managers and of
economic and governance failures that green degradation; resource management. By increasing
development that can lead to ecosystem degradation. infrastructure, ii) Transform supply chains creating or increasing the agricultural
reduce absolute and This requires efforts to address and new forms of by leveraging consumer value of natural resources productivity and
extreme poverty in finance, tenure, water and land management are demand and corporate like water or biomass, the food security in an
developing countries. rights, with a clear required, risk management for incentive to better manage environmentally
It is estimated that understanding of the including in sustainable products the resource increases. If in

13 See http://water.org/water-crisis/water-sanitation-facts/
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See http://www.scribd.com/doc/115962650/GlobalTrends-2030 -- Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds. A publication of the National Intelligence Council, US Government.
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 75% of all agriculture differentiated impacts, access protected areas, iii) Facilitate access to, and addition the energy provided sustainable
worldwide depends and contributions of women agriculture, generation of, markets will be used for productive manner.
on water from and men, younger generations forestry and for carbon and ecosystem uses, creating jobs, e.g. agro-
forested watersheds and also of the important role fisheries, to services; processing industries, saw Conversely nature-
and wetlands12, which of indigenous communities. promote climate-iv) Apply natural capital mills, [eco}tourism, it can based solutions
are at risk if not With regards to the latter in resilient accounting in private and address and reduce some provide a direct
explicitly protected. particular, the principle of free management. In public sectors; drivers of ecosystem pathway to gender
Establishment of and prior informed consent addition, green v) Forge new public-private degradation. Assisting urban equality by enabling
Protected Areas, remains a core governance infrastructure is partnerships to protect, citizens to switch their women to cultivate,
terrestrial and concept that reflects the need critical as a safety restore and maintain cooking fuel from charcoal to gather and/or
marine, needs to be for participation and net of last resort ecosystems that provide LPG, can have a big positive harvest crops,
backed up by policies consultation and rights-based for the poor, who essential services for impact on forest livestock and wild
that safeguard the approaches when deciding on cannot afford to development (e.g., water, degradation, by tackling one foods. Nature’s
rights and needs of the planet. Respect for these rebuild with hard fisheries, agriculture, of its key drivers. goods and services
local communities. principles is essential as or gray disaster risk reduction, are important to
Practical measures to decisions on the environment infrastructure. climate change women for
help local can become potential drivers Risk-informed adaptation, livelihoods); subsistence,
communities to co- of contestation and conflict. market, policy vi) Design and implement livelihoods and
exist with wildlife Hence, a conflict sensitive lens and governance ecosystem-based jobs. Furthermore,
need to be put in needs to be applied in decisions/arrange approaches to climate increasing access to
place to minimize loss environmental policy making ments are critical change adaptation and resources, including
of livelihoods and and implementation. to prevent eco- mitigation generating water, is also
endangered species. Strengthened ecosystem systems multiple development important for
management and nature- degradation, and benefits in food and securing women’s
based solutions will help loss of water security, income livelihoods and for
achieve food and water biodiversity diversification and job reducing their
security and sustainable creation; reducing of burden of unpaid
livelihoods. Nature based health risks; care work. This all
Governments will be helped to solutions help tovii) Reform tax systems and can have positive
identify and access new build resilient remove negative multiplier effects in
financing opportunities, societies through subsidies that encourage local and rural
promote policy coherence on food and water unsustainable use; economies.
natural resources, and help security, viii) Implement sustainable
transitions to green sustainable land management Partnerships: UNEP,
economies. livelihoods, and measures which will lead IUCN, UNFCCC, UN
Environmental governance greening cities to stability, security and Women, Small
cannot be the purview of sustainability – through business
government institutions alone. Climate job creation, food development
Engaging the private sector is mitigation and security, resilience groups, financial

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FAO. 2016. Water security depends on forests and wetlands. Press Release. Available at http://www.un.org/esa/forests/news/2016/03/idf-2016-fao-press-release/
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 critical, so is the role of civil adaptation ix) Develop multi- services
society and the academia. measures are stakeholder capacities to institutions.,
critical to keep plan for and manage
global sustainable seascapes,
temperatures in landscapes and
check and ecosystems;
prevent loss of x) Secure land tenure and
biodiversity and resource use rights of
ecosystem communities, especially
degradation women and marginalized
groups; and
Nature based (ix) Protect and restore
solutions reduce natural ecosystems,
disaster/conflict which can provide carbon
risk by mitigating sinks, help communities
hazard impacts adapt to climate change,
and resource sustain jobs and
degradation, by livelihoods, provide fuel,
increasing and protect key
livelihood biodiversity resources.
resilience, and
provide the basis
for sustainable
recovery
processes.
S5 As people graduate Effective, responsive and Decentralized 42% of the world Energy is a critical enabler Gender equality
from poverty, their accountable systems and mini-grids depends on nature for for sustainable development. supports
demand for energy mechanisms help to ensure including of heating and fuel. Implementation of this SS sustainable energy
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will grow. Therefore, equitable access to clean and renewable Policies to promote will be guided by UNDP’s solutions. If energy
it will be important to affordable energy, with a focus sources such as sustainable forests as fuel sustainable energy strategy solutions, services
ensure that this does on responding to the needs solar reduce the can provide charcoal and and informed by UNDP’s de- and infrastructure
not translate into particularly of the poor and impact of fuelwood needed to risking framework. Via are designed in a
unsustainable marginalized. People can be hazards/shocks bridge the gap to solar targeted policy de-risking gender-responsive
consumption denied access to energy on the by securing and other forms of clean support to countries, manner chances of
patterns. Poverty basis of identity, geography, energy access to energy. River systems, if addressing policy and adoption are
solutions can enhance socio-economic status, crisis a greater number harnessed with proper regulatory failures, UNDP increased. Access to
energy access by and chocks as well as because of users in the safeguards, provide will reduce investment risks, clean and
accelerating the of discriminatory and event of tremendous resulting in lower cost of affordable energy
transition to clean predatory governance. hazard/shock opportunities for mini- financing for sustainable has an important

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See https://www.theguardian.com/the-gef-partner-zone/2016/aug/08/three-wicked-problems-of-the-commons
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energy sources. Entrenched inequalities can (compared to hydro. Key partners: energy alternatives, and gender component,
Changing energy trigger conflict when policies centralized Ministries of Forestry, leveraging large flows of creating better
consumption patterns are changed (e.g., removal of systems which Agriculture, Energy, private and public conditions for
have affected over 1 energy subsidies). may fail Climate, SE4All. investment. Aligned with education, business
billion people since Reviving energy systems in completely). SDG7, and closely interlinked opportunities for
1990. This trend will fragile settings is essential to Improved water and land with virtually every other women themselves
accelerate in Sub- attract private sector Recovery is management, as well as SDG, this solution will focus and communities
Saharan Africa and investment for jobs and critical for sustainable forest on increasing energy access, overall. It also
Southeast Asia livelihoods. It is also essential restoring access management are promoting renewable energy reduces the burden
towards 2030. Energy to ensure people can improve to energy in essential in situations and enhancing energy of unpaid care
solutions should not their living conditions without crises/post-crises where sustainable energy efficiency, in an inclusive associated with
further exacerbate being discriminated against situations. solutions are based on manner, responsive to needs fetching wood, for
the consumption of when it comes to access to water (small hydro- of different sectors of the example, and
fossil fuels of those energy sources. Preparedness and electricity) or biomass population (especially the enables time-saving
living in In these settings effective and early warning for (either from natural most vulnerable) and household
multidimensional responsive governance the energy sector ecosystems, like wood or tailored to the development technologies such
poverty. Off-grid systems are needed to provide can reduce the charcoal, or based on setting: as refrigeration. It
solutions will also be the enabling environment negative crop residues). E.g. (i) A key priority will be reduces negative
required given that necessary to re-establish consequences for improved watershed to support countries achieve health effects of
expanding the grid to equitable energy access and people and management will their energy access goal. It polluting energy
remote areas is costly enable risk-informed zero- assets, e.g. due to guarantee long-term will do so by targeting high sources thus
and has a damaging carbon development. flooding from sustainable supply of impact countries; reducing the care
impact on the With increasing levels of hydropower water to drive hydro- (ii) Further priority will burden on women.
environment. urbanisation, subnational plants, or electric turbines. SS 4 be given to off-grid rural It can also enhance
capacities (in particular at the unsecured tackles market, policy areas, offering sustainable safety and security
Providing basic, clean, city/municipality level) need to electrical wires and governance failures solutions (RE based mini- in public spaces
energy service is be fostered to develop policies from storm that lead to ecosystem grids, solar home systems), enabling women to
critical to keeping and strategies that secure damage. degradation. aiming for higher tier access; participate more
people out of renewable energy and target Strengthened ecosystem (iii) UNDP will promote actively in public
poverty. SS 5 can energy sufficiency for all For energy management and nature- a transition to LPG based life. Investments to
provide technical sectors and populations. solutions to be based solutions can help cooking solutions in increase energy
solutions, but for Effective and responsive multi- long-term achieve sustainable urban/peri-urban settings, access should
these to be viable and level governance systems can sustainable, they livelihoods, that can also and improved biomass based consider the
sustainable, there is help to ensure economic need to be contribute to stimulating cooking solutions, based on different ways and
often a need to growth and competitiveness, planned based on energy demand. Partners a value chain approach, in times in which
stimulate demand. SS inclusion, and sustainability appropriate risk- will include FAO, rural areas; women and men
1 can help provide across the rural-urban informed UNREDD, NGOs, private (iv) In settings where use energy (cooking
support for improving continuum. Innovative decisions. This SS sector. energy is already available to vs tool operation,
livelihoods and financing is needed to innovate can help most, UNDP will support a for example).
productive uses for and promote renewable strengthen transition to enhanced
energy (e.g., in energy sources. national energy efficiency and

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 agriculture, for food capacities for productivity through policies Partnerships: UN
security – cold chains; Sustainable energy solutions disaster risk and regulations, focusing on Energy framework,
economic require good governance. reduction to the built environment UN Women, UNEP,
diversification, supply Technical energy solutions reduce exposure (urban) and SMEs; WHO, GACC,
chains) that drives up provided will not be of people, assets (v) Similarly, UNDP will GLPGP,
demand and create sustainable, if there are no (like mini-grids or support a transition to
anchor clients for good policy and regulatory other energy increasing share of
systems to be conditions, weak institutions infrastructure) renewable energy, with a
deployed. and poor local governance and livelihoods to particular attention to the
New financing capacities. SS 2 can help create hazards. By heat and transport sectors.
modalities, such as and strengthen regulatory reducing (vi) SIDS will be
green or municipal frameworks and capacity and vulnerability, the supported to achieve a
bonds, will be critical strengthen core institutions SS can also help sustainable energy
to generate the (like e.g. utilities and create the transition, tailored to their
investments needed municipalities). By helping to conditions for unique development
for addressing the create the required policy and energy solutions situation.
energy needs of the regulatory conditions, this SS to be more (vii) UNDP will articulate
poor. can also help remove barriers resilient to shocks a strong offer for countries
Partners will include to attract finance (both private, and crises. in crisis or recovery, based
UN agencies (UN- and public, domestic and Investing in new on decentralized clean
Energy), IEA, ILO, international). Partners will technologies, like energy solutions.
UNEP, IFIs, Ministries include UN agencies, IFIs, IEA cleaner and GHG This SS will rely on strong
of Energy and and private sector. mitigating partnerships with donors
Sustainable options, as (GEF, GCF and others), UN
Development, proposed under system (UN Energy, UNEP,
selected CSO/NGOs, this SS, aligns well UNIDO, UNCDF. FAO, etc.),
academia and private with the strategy private sector, IFIs (MDBs,
sector. followed for others), academia, IEA,
sustainable IRENA, OECD and
energy. Partners humanitarian agencies and
will include CSOs.
humanitarian
agencies, bilateral
donors, IFIs.
S6 Poverty solutions Governance reforms are critical to Women and girls Biodiversity and Women and girls By focusing on key priority
enhance gender address gender inequalities and are more ecosystems are are subjected to areas, UNDP can achieve the
equity through their structural causes, and empowered and particularly important for high levels of transformational change that
multiple channels: discriminatory practices that actively engaged women. Women household indoor will advance gender equality
increased female perpetuate them, calling for a to reduce comprise a large number pollution (HAP), and accelerate the
labour need to reform discriminatory vulnerability, of workers in the due to incomplete achievement of sustainable
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increased Gender inequality and women’s and promote sector, in agriculture and solid fuels development. The priority
economic lack of empowerment are state-civil society in gathering non-timber (biomass, dung, areas are:
autonomy, symptoms of wider governance relations when and other wild products. coal, etc.) or 1) removing structural
decreased pay weaknesses. Comprehensive they are equal For example, women kerosene used for barriers to women’s
gaps and higher inclusive governance initiatives partners. comprise 60% of the cooking, lighting economic empowerment,
economic help to ensure that gender fisheries workforce in and heating. In including women’s
formalization. equality and women’s Women, girls, Bangladesh and India, addition, women disproportionate burden of
Gender equality empowerment are prioritised boys and men and 80% in Vietnam and and children often unpaid care work;
needs to be when restoring core government belonging to Western Africa. spend many hours 2) preventing and
included front and functions, strengthening rule of different age and a day just to responding to gender-based
center in every law and justice and security socio-economic But in order for women collect firewood violence;
poverty solution. institutions and promoting strata have to benefit from nature- for daily needs. 3) promoting women’s
Key partners: UN women’s empowerment in distinct based solutions, they Providing participation and leadership
Women, UNFPA, decision-making in parliament and vulnerabilities, must have access to land sustainable clean in all forms of decision-
ILO. in the public administration. and this shapes tenure and land rights, cooking solutions making; and
Better governance of the security the way they access to credit for micro- will have 4) strengthening
Redressing gender sector and better representation experience based enterprises, access enormous and gender-responsive strategies
inequalities in of women in that sector also helps disaster, and also to markets, and access to immediate positive in conflict prevention and
most socio- to better address the challenge of their ability to outreach and extension impact on health crisis preparedness and
economic SGBV. recover from it. In services, all of which are and will free up an recovery.
indicators of Better representation of women countries where current barriers for estimated 2 hours Indicative entry points:
poverty requires in political institutions at national gender women-owned nature- a day for women, - Support countries to
reformulating and sub-national levels progresses discrimination is based enterprises. potentially integrate gender equality in
gender-blind or the maturing of democratic tolerated, women Differentiated solutions increasing their development planning
discriminatory processes and the resilience of and girls are across urban, peri-urban productivity. - Support countries to
laws, rules and governance institutions not only in particularly and rural areas informed Energy can also increase equitable access to
regulations fragile settings but also in more vulnerable to by gender analysis create resources and basic services
preventing women advanced societies. And in fragile natural hazards. (looking at issues ranging employment and clean and sustainable
from accessing settings their engagement in Not only is the from water collection and opportunities, energy
property, assets, peacebuilding processes is percentage of use to pollution) will be indirectly via - Support elimination
finance, certain considered a positive element in women and girls essential steps towards productive use of of sexual division of labour
professions and ensuring the sustainability of the who die higher in gender equality goals. power, particularly and reducing burden of
jobs, and the peacebuilding and reconciliation these countries, if accompanied by unpaid care on women and
informal sector. It efforts. Young women’s leadership but the incidence Land degradation, which gender balanced girls
also requires is an essential element of of gender-based affects more than 900 policies, and - Support gender-
addressing unpaid peacebuilding and PVE efforts. violence— million people worldwide directly via responsive risk-analysis
care work, mainly including rape, and as much as two- employment - Support women’s
performed by Women also play a critical role at human trafficking thirds of the world’s opportunities that leadership in all spheres
women, which the community level in early and domestic agricultural land, has can exist in - Supporting use of
renders them warning systems, in particular abuse—is also important gender burgeoning clean digital technologies and big
time-poor. when it comes to understand known to dimensions. energy sectors. data to expand women’s

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Gender-responsive radicalization that can lead to increase Land use and land use access to public registration,
care services and violent extremism. exponentially changes can significantly identification documents
basic during and after contribute to overall - Mainstreaming
infrastructure Peaceful, just and inclusive disasters. Most climate change. gender into legal and
reduce this burden societies must have gender disasters place an In many developing regulatory frameworks,
and allow women equality. Policies informed by an undue burden on countries, women – as policies and institutions
to invest in their understanding of the women and girls farmers and pastoralists, addressing biodiversity
education and differentiated impacts of who are with primary conservation, sustainable use
advancement structural and cultural factors on responsible for responsibility for of natural resources
while also helping various groups of women (e.g., unpaid work such household food - Ensuring that post-
households cope elderly; single heads of as providing care, production – are the disaster and peacebuilding
with shocks. households; minorities) will also water and food principal users and needs assessments and
Increased gender contribute to improved gender for households. managers of land. recovery planning are gender-
equality has a outcomes. A particularly relevant Gender-informed responsive
positive multiplier interaction is full participation of resilience Key partners: Vertical - Support women’s
effect on women in political and civic life. approaches, Funds (GEF/GCF/AF), participation in peace building
economic growth This can be through leadership including building credit and lending processes
and prosperity, as quotas, candidate support or even back better, institutions, university
well as other ensuring women have provide extension services, Key partnerships:
socio-economic identification documents to access opportunities to departments of land use UN Women, ILO, UNCDF,
indicators for all. services. Response and prevention address structural planning, justice UNICEF, FAO, OHCHR, OCHA,
of gender-based violence needs to gender department, UN Women PBSO, IPU, UNEP, IUCN,
Partnerships: UN be considered for sustainable inequalities, and and other UN Agencies. UNFCCC, UN Energy
Women, ILO, peace and security as it not only promote non- framework, World Bank,
World Bank, affects the victims and survivors, violent Regional Commissions,
Regional but their families, communities as masculinities. Regional Banks, DESA,
Commissions, well as their productivity and grassroots women’s
Regional Banks, participation in civic life. Equal Measures in place organizations, CSOs
DESA, UNCDF, participation of men and women and implemented
UNICEF, FAO, in crisis prevention and recovery across sectors to
CSOs, academia, has proven key for stronger peace prevent and
private sector and and social cohesion. respond to Sexual
foundations. and Gender
Partnerships: UN Women, IPU Based Violence
(SGBV) IRRF 1.6.2

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