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Devenir délégué à la CCNUCC : ce qu’il faut savoir
Publication, 20 November 2023
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
… are calling on negotiators at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris to ensure that the most vulnerable people – including …
News, 18 November 2015
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… international agenda in Paris at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21). They are also often the driving force behind the national and …
News, 16 December 2015
The entrance to Le Bourget, the venue for the UN climate talks (COP21) (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons via Flickr)
INDCs in Least Developed Countries are estimated to cost US$93.7 billion per year
… have greater access to private finance.  Money is a key issue at the COP21 climate change talks in Paris. Specifically how we will afford to …
News, 30 November 2015
An image showing two men on the roof of a school in Zambia carrying out a macrosolar installation. Sustainable energy solutions for Least Developed Countries were discussed at the event in London (Photo: Steve Woodward)
Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs?
… Unheard voices: what do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21? Nine interviews with leaders, experts, and civil society …
Event, 13 June 2016
Who will replace the much respected executive secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres (Photo: UNFCCC, Creative Commons via Flickr)
An opportunity for LDC leadership
Insight, 03 March 2016
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… September and the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (COP21) in December. As a result, many of the sessions and workshops were …
Insight, 25 September 2015
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) of Bangladesh won the Earth Care Award 2012 for spearheading the Least Developed Countries Fund project 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh' (Photo: UNDP Adaptation Learning Mechanism)
Making the climate fund fit for purpose
Insight, 27 August 2015
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
… direct links to urban consumers, as experience in China shows . The COP21 decision , of which the Paris Agreement is part, also recognises …
Insight, 05 February 2016
US special climate envoy Todd Stern tells journalists his views on the 'Higher Ambition Coalition'. LDC chair Giza Gaspar-Martins in second left on the panel at the press conference (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
A symbolic victory on 1.5 degrees for LDC Group in Paris
… G77 group of developing countries. Ahead of the Paris climate talks (COP21), they had set out their key priorities: A below 1.5 degree global …
Insight, 18 December 2015