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Article, 04 November 2016
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
… Official Development Assistance (ODA) raises significant issues. Not least is the question of whether the UK government can guarantee that … climate finance , and between climate finance targeted at the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and finance targeted at Middle Income Countries (MICs). … Climate change …
Insight, 30 September 2015
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Responding to a growing crisis: LDC expectations for COP27
… This briefing sets out the priorities of the least developed countries (LDCs) for COP27. At a time of political and economic … Climate change …
Publication, 24 October 2022
Participants in an ICCCAD course in Bangladesh. Photo: ICCCAD
Learning how to adapt to climate change: advocacy, training and capacity building
… IIED supports the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to build their expertise and capacity, both in relation to … Climate change … Learning how to adapt to climate change: advocacy, training and capacity building …
Article, 17 December 2012
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ecbi Regional Training Workshop Report – South and South-East Asia
… 7 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It targeted junior negotiators from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and was attended by 28 government representatives from … Climate change …
Publication, 01 July 2018
Evidence of coastal erosion in The Gambia. Erosion is threatening not only Gambia's tourist industry but also wetlands, roads and infrastructure (Photo: Diego, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition
… its response to the needs of the most vulnerable. Together with the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I spent the first two weeks of December in a … Climate change … A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition …
Insight, 19 February 2016
LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
… Diplomats from 11 countries met at the International Institute for Environment and … on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol   –  required only developed countries to commit to action. These agreements neither halted … in global greenhouse gas emissions nor addressed the challenges the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and other vulnerable countries face in …
Insight, 04 June 2014
In 2010 a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti. Six years later, there has been progress in rebuilding, but much remains to be done (Photo: iolanda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: LDC Independent Expert Group chair on the SDGs and tackling inequality
… Haiti is a fragile state: one of the world's Least Developed Countries, and one of the world's most unequal nations. Six years ago, … Least developed countries (LDC) challenges: how can SDG implementation focus on …
Article, 08 June 2016
The opening of the UN climate change talks in Bonn in June. The negotiators meet in Bonn again this week (Photo: UNClimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate negotiations: the last stop before Paris
… and weak. Many of the elements that are supremely important for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are completely missing or poorly reflected. These … Climate change … Climate negotiations: the last stop before Paris …
Insight, 19 October 2015
Installing solar panels in Rwanda. Photo: Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)
Theories of change for low carbon resilient development
… National governments in the least developed countries (LDCs) are increasingly considering how to incorporate the low … Climate change … Climate-resilient development … Theories of change for low carbon resilient development …
Project, 03 January 2013