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Meeting the enhanced transparency framework: what next for the LDCs?
… transparency framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement requires all countries to report information demonstrating progress towards their … describes some of its key features and implementation challenges in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), exploring opportunities to reflect its … Climate change … Meeting the enhanced transparency framework: what next for the LDCs? …
Publication, 01 October 2019
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
… into poverty  — with many of the world's poorest people and poorest countries among the most vulnerable to climate change .  Energy shift … to go green, it's already green” — Fatima Denton Ethiopia, one of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), has adopted a zero carbon, zero poverty … Climate change …
Insight, 10 December 2015
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Least Developed Countries' experiences with the UNFCCC technology mechanism
… The Least Developed Counties (LDCs) have worked with the two branches of the UNFCCC’s Technology … Mechanism — the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) — for several years. This … Climate change … Least Developed Countries' experiences with the UNFCCC technology …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Picture of the Punakha Dzong, an administrative centre in Bhutan. A river runs past it in the foreground and wooded hills rise behind it.
Low carbon resilience in the least developed countries: a panacea to address climate change?
… talking about climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation, developed and developing national governments – including Laos, … build up resilience to the impacts of climate change. Eight of the least developed countries (LDCs) have developed some kind of plan to bring together low … Climate change …
Insight, 22 January 2013
Polluted air coming out of the smoke stacks of a factory in Shanghai, China.
The least developed countries, equity, and a brave new world
… which failed to successfully involve all nations, each of the 195 countries committed to the UN’s Convention on climate change have … interference with the climate system rather than committing to the least emissions reductions possible?  How does the world encourage … actions, rather than justifying inaction’? Take the case of the Least Developed Countries . The UN currently classifies 49 nations as least …
Insight, 02 July 2013
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… the world as well as those better off. At a debate last week on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the SDGs , organised by IIED, the ESRC's STEPS … Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era …
Insight, 28 June 2016
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Independent Expert Group (IEG) , IIED and the ESRC's … host a dialogue on Monday, 13 June: ' Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs? '. Ahead of the event, IEG member Saleemul … Least developed countries (LDC) challenges: how can SDG implementation …
Article, 03 June 2016
An image showing a group of women from Tongaradha village, Bangladesh, who saved more than 2,000 hectares of land and 500 households from flooding by rebuilding a 12km embankment and a 5km road. GCF money should be used for such innovative, community-driven projects in poor countries that will drive long-term change (Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Expediting direct access to the GCF for least developed countries
… the largest sources of climate funding. It had received pledges from developed countries totalling US$10.3 billion by the end of 2015. The GCF can be … or sub-national executing entities. Only three national agencies in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island states have acquired … Climate change …
Insight, 09 May 2016
Men sitting in a conference room
Developing Myanmar’s national climate change policy
… responsibilities under the Paris Agreement on climate change, many least developed countries (LDCs) are looking to develop national climate change policies … Climate change … Developing Myanmar’s national climate change policy …
Project, 05 April 2018
A flooded village with damaged houses.
Practical lessons on implementing business unusual 
… business-as-usual climate responses were not fit for purpose in their countries, IIED’s longstanding partner, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, launched the LDC Initiative for … Climate change … Business unusual: LDC-led climate action …
Insight, 15 June 2022