1983, BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford; 1985, MA in Area Studies, Economics and Regional Planning, University of London; studies in Development Economics and Policy, German Development Institute, Berlin; 1997, World Bank Executive Development Programme, Harvard. 1986-88, Technical Adviser, GTZ, Pakistan/Germany; 1988-91, Policy Adviser, Office for Corporate Strategy and Development Policy, GTZ; 1991-95, Programme Coordinator, IUCN, Southern Africa; 1995-98, Senior Policy Adviser, Global Policy Unit, IUCN, Washington DC; 1998, Chief Technical Adviser, Mekong River Commission, GTZ, Viet Nam; 1998-2001, Secretary-General, World Commission on Dams, South Africa; 2001-06, Director-General, IUCN-World Conservation Union, Switzerland; 2006-16, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UNEP; 2016-17, Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford; since 2017, Administrator, UN Development Programme.
El Compromiso del PNUD por la Naturaleza y el Plan de Seguridad de la Amazonia de Brasil indican los avances hacia una economía positiva para la naturaleza. He aquí cómo.
The UNDP's Nature Pledge and Brazil's Amazon Security Plan are making progress towards a nature-positive economy. Here's how.
Over 600 children and young people die in road crashes across the world each day. We need to work together to put children at the heart of road safety.
To reach the UN's SDG targets, we must invest in transforming the global energy system into one that is sustainable, equitable and more inclusive
Supporting SMEs with ready connectivity and digital solutions will be critical to economic recovery following the pandemic – and to successfully achieving the SDGs.
Un tel changement est cruellement nécessaire, parce que le système financier mondial actuel semble suivre une logique qui bénéficie principalement à ceux qui y travaillent.
Working with the tech, advertising and communication sectors, we can accelerate climate action and protect our natural capital.
If we want to understand how we progress, why we sometimes fail, and ultimately improve the quality of all our lives, then the pursuit of happiness may offer an answer.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can speed up progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, writes UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.
Harnessed correctly, the world's fast-moving digital finance revolution might just help us meet the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
Une plus grande utilisation des technologies financières pourrait propulser la croissance des pays en voie de développement.
A warts-and-all overview of refugee flows, what they mean for countries and how the current international system has failed.
Achim Steiner and Christiana Figueres on why the Paris Agreement, although a landmark achievement, was just the beginning.
Consider an equatorial country where the sun sets at 6:30. Without electricity, how does a student revise for a school test in the dark? What of a street vendor whose business is shut dow...
