Mainstreaming Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation: Experience and Lessons Learned in Practical Applications of Mainstreaming is the proceedings of the International Workshop on Mainstreaming Wetland Biodiversity Conservation held from December 1-4, 2007 in Yueyang City, Hunan Province of China under the support of the UNDP/GEF China Wetland Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Project. It contains theories, approaches, methodologies and practical cases in mainstreaming wetland conservation into development agenda from international, national, regional and local perspectives.

UNDP China took the initiative to focus this National Human Development Report on the topic of “Sustainable Future: Towards a Low Carbon Economy and Sustainable Society”. By analyzing both the risks and potential benefits to China of a shift to a low carbon economy and society, it is hoped that this report will provide a considered contribution to China’s rapidly evolving policies in this area. The report highlights that, if China can fully grasp the opportunities at hand, it will be possible to move to a society which is not only environmentally sustainable, but which creates the conditions for greater job creation, greater resource efficiency and energy security, enhanced food security, and better health outcomes for its people; a society which, in line with China’s own Xiaokang vision, is well balanced and moderately prosperous.

Publication Date: 2010

Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. The poorest countries and most vulnerable citizens will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks, even though they have contributed least to the problem. Looking to the future, no country—however wealthy or powerful—will be immune to the impact of global warming.

The ESIA Report presents a thorough study of the impact of the investment project on the environment and the social fabric of the local communities. It also offers several recommendations that, if implemented, could address and mitigate the challenges highlighted in the ESIA Report.

"Making Green Development a Choice" is the third China Human Development Report (CHDR) and deals with China’s challenge at the crossroads towards sustainable development. The challenges of fulfilling a vision of green development in China are monumental, requiring a complex orchestration of policies and activities at a scale of operation the world has never seen.

Publication Date: 2002

The Energy & Environment brochure provides a brief overview of UNDP's service lines and interventions in China in the areas of energy and the environment.