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Piles of bags and jerrycans. Men pick some of them up.
Tackling loss and damage: who is most vulnerable to disaster displacement?
… At COP26, vulnerable developing countries highlighted the urgent need to address loss and damage caused … for the poorest people most vulnerable to climate change. In the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) …
Insight, 17 November 2021
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Productive uses of energy for resilient livelihoods in LDCs
… renewables, can support more sustainable and resilient livelihoods in Least Developed Countries, by bringing immediate opportunities to community services and … Climate change … Productive uses of energy for resilient livelihoods in LDCs …
Publication, 02 September 2021
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. … Climate change … The Green Climate Fund: time to shift focus to locally led adaptation …
Insight, 17 August 2020
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Sustainable and equitable solutions to the climate crisis
… and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We work with the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to influence global climate governance and decision … Climate change … Sustainable and equitable solutions to the climate crisis …
Publication, 01 March 2018
Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
… destroyed. Lives have been lost.  Ethiopia, as one of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), is highly vulnerable to climate change. Yet the LDCs … Climate change … Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community …
Insight, 06 March 2019
Landscape of an island with houses and vegetation surrounded by the sea.
A glimmer of hope ahead of COP26 – financing for adaptation
… climate-proof our economy. But who should foot the bill? Developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), have been calling for more finance to … Climate change … The 2021 'super year' for climate, nature and people …
Insight, 06 October 2021
The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, Kunzang Choden Namgyel, signs the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Photo: Amanda Voisard, UN Photo)
Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan 
… diplomacy , as diplomats – including some from the world's poorest countries – have been working tirelessly to ensure cooperation between … Fourteen of these first 55 countries were among the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs) .  This means the agreement has come into … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP22) …
Insight, 27 October 2016
More than 90 per cent of Malawians rely on rain-fed subsistence farming to survive. Increasingly variable weather patterns are reducing crop yields and eroding food security (Photo: ILRI/Mann, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: We must ensure Paris delivers on finance
… a week to the UN climate change conference in Paris (COP21), African countries, especially those in the Least Developed Country (LDC) Group, are looking to get a better finance deal … Climate change … Unheard voices: what do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21? …
Article, 24 November 2015
Farmers carry bottled water to pour on a field of onion crops
Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
… unless urgent action is taken to ensure communities and countries  can adapt and build the resilience they need to cope with … communities are most at risk from climate impacts, especially in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). … Climate change … Climate-resilient development …
Article, 17 December 2012
Press photographers recording the opening plenary (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP19)
… page brings together a summary of IIED's work at COP19. Supporting Least Developed Countries IIED works with the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to … Climate change … IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP19) …
Event, 01 January 2015