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Woman waters field with a hose.
The Green Climate Fund: time to shift focus to locally led adaptation
…  – entities through which GCF money can be channelled directly to countries. This snapshot is an accurate reflection of the GCF’s overall … 18 DAEs across just 27 (of 128) GCF projects. There are only eight least developed countries (LDC) DAEs leading GCF-financed adaptation projects. …
Insight, 17 August 2020
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… ambition for ramping up action for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Countries' buy-in into the design of the dialogue this year was crucial: … January rather than getting caught up in procedural discussions. The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are pinning hopes  on the Talanoa dialogue to …
Insight, 21 November 2017
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A study of LDC capacity at the UNFCCC
… The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) represent 48 of the 197~parties to the United Nations Framework …
Publication, 01 June 2016
Fiji Prime Minister Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama addressing the opening session of this week’s UN climate talks in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Governments must move to formal negotiations in Bangkok and start shaping the final rulebook
… time to address crucial linkages and genuinely address developing countries’ needs for flexibility is key. There is no time to repeat the … and will address developing countries’ needs, especially those of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).  Dealing with the differences Because not …
Insight, 04 September 2018
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Ethiopia’s effective climate diplomacy: lessons for other nations
… Despite its Least Developed Country status, Ethiopia has played a leading role in climate … by a growing evidence base gathered by the state. As nations — LDCs and others — work together to ratify and fully implement the Paris Agreement, the diplomatic efforts of proactive countries like Ethiopia will remain fundamental to the effort. …
Publication, 01 October 2016
The entrance to Le Bourget, the venue for the UN climate talks (COP21) (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons via Flickr)
LDC climate action plans estimated to cost US$93.7 billion per year
News, 30 November 2015
The island nation of Tuvalu is one of the Least Developed Countries that is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an average elevation of just two meters above sea level (Photo: Nick Hobgood, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The road through Paris: key messages for ministers
… on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference (COP21)  starts, when all countries are due to adopt a legally binding agreement to act on climate … and The collective aim must be to reduce global emissions by at least 70-95 per cent below 2010 levels by 2050, and ideally at the upper … to meaningful, ambitious climate action for the post 2020 regime Developed countries must show leadership in delivering action and …
Insight, 09 November 2015
Mozambique: bringing the cattle in from the fields. Mozambique is vulnerable to climate change because of its geography, but also has a poorly developed economy, frail infrastructure, and high levels of poverty (Photo: ILRI/Stevie Mann, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance from the aid budget must also deliver on poverty
Insight, 30 September 2015
Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
Insight, 29 November 2019
View of a mountain with a few houses. Snowed mountains in the background.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
… climate crisis leaves no one untouched. But it is the people of the least developed countries (LDCs) who have done almost nothing to contribute to this …
Insight, 19 January 2022