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A group of people stand on a bank next to a body of water.
LIFE-AR: Uganda roll-out progresses to district level, charts path for more countries to come on board
News, 30 October 2023
Cover for G00017.pdf
Capacity strengthening in the least developed countries (LDCs) for adaptation to climate change
… Capacity strengthening in the least developed countries (LDCs) for adaptation to climate change …
Publication, 01 January 2005
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Transforming global development: An LDC perspective on the post-2015 agenda
… Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have much to contribute to forging a new global agreement on … Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Car next to a sinkhole on a road
Climate change is pushing the poorest countries further into debt. Can insurance fix it?
… where on the island of Urir Char, every household has had to move at least three times, and sometimes up to seven times, due to sea level … Deeper into debt This situation is no different for many low-income countries, where the impacts of climate change are accelerating a debt crisis. Every time a disaster strikes, the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) …
Insight, 09 May 2023
Stella Gama of Malawi at a desk speaks into a microphone as she briefs the Technology Executive Committee
Supporting least developed countries on climate technology transfer
… gas emissions and improve resilience. But how have the poorest countries benefited from the work of the Technology Mechanism? I worked … information and other recommendations can be found in the paper ' Least Developed Countries' experiences with the UNFCCC technology mechanism … Supporting least developed countries on climate technology transfer …
Insight, 04 April 2018
Women sit on the floor with lettuce on tables. Other women stand in front of them.
Understanding the challenges faced by LDCs in COVID-19 recovery
Event, 27 June 2021
Group of women gathered for a regular meeting on aquaculture. One woman is standing and speaking with a poster behind her, while a groups is sitting and listening.
Gender equality and climate finance: from local realities to global commitments
Insight, 05 March 2025
Man walking on a flooded road.
Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt
… Vastly more of the funds developing countries receive for projects to address climate change come as loans … finance half their climate projects through debt. (It looked at the least developed countries (LDCs), lower-middle-income countries and …
News, 07 September 2023
Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries
… individuals, communities and nations. At the global level, so-called 'developed' countries sit at one end of the spectrum with 'least developed' countries (LDCs) – demeaning as that sounds – at the … Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries …
Insight, 29 June 2016
Cover for G00040.pdf
Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
… Document begins: Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) What are the LDCs? Three criteria, developed by the … Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) …
Publication, 01 January 1970