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Harnessing long-term strategies for low-carbon climate-resilient LDC development
… To put the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement into practice, countries are expected to prepare ‘long-term, low greenhouse gas … of why countries should formulate these long-term plans, the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have peculiar hurdles to overcome — and … Climate change … Harnessing long-term strategies for low-carbon climate-resilient LDC development …
Publication, 01 October 2018
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Climate Change and Health in Tanzania
… will be experienced globally, but will most negatively affect poor countries which have limited adaptation and coping capabilities. As one of the least developed countries (LDCs), Tanzania is highly vulnerable to the impacts … Climate change … Climate Change and Health in Tanzania …
Publication, 01 January 2008
Pa Ousman Jarju, the first Special Climate Envoy to be appointed from a Least Developed Country (Photo: IISD)
Q&A: Why is the Green Climate Fund's pledging meeting important?
… action and discussion around financial pledges at the G20 – with key countries such as the US and Japan making strong pledges ($3 billion and … Wildlife and the first Special Climate Envoy to be appointed from a Least Developed Country,  Pa Ousman Jarju, about the importance of the GCF … Climate change … Q&A: Why is the Green Climate Fund's pledging meeting important? …
Article, 18 November 2014
COP19 in Warsaw – a private finance climate conference?
… At the UN climate conference in Copenhagen 2009, developed countries committed to provide funds rising to US$100 billion per year … mechanisms to support climate responses in developing countries.  Least Developed Countries The world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) … Climate change … COP19 in Warsaw – a private finance climate conference? …
Insight, 31 October 2013
People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
French lead drive for global climate agreement
… poorest people and nations. Whatever the other challenges that countries face, dealing with the climate crisis must remain front and … structure and content of an agreement. IIED has been working with the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group in the UNFCCC context to support them … Climate change … French lead drive for global climate agreement …
Insight, 17 November 2015
Pa Ousman Jarju has written an open letter to US President Barack Obama (Photo: Steve Jurvetson via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Letter to America: Gambia envoy asks Obama directly for US climate leadership
… Dear President Obama,   As former chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)  group in the United Nations climate change … Climate change … Letter to America: Gambia envoy asks Obama directly for US climate leadership …
News, 06 June 2014
Man on a dried beach. Palm trees with roots uncovered.
IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
… − something IIED has been supporting for a long time. The processes countries have to navigate and the hoops they have to jump through are, … of climate injustice. IIED can play a role in supporting least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to … Climate change …
Article, 20 December 2021
A poster at COP25
COP25: the morning after
… key areas: a solid set of rules for carbon markets, and support for countries suffering loss and damage caused by climate impacts.  But … of the Warsaw International Mechanism on loss and damage (WIM) . Least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) hit … Climate change …
Insight, 13 January 2020
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A study of LDC capacity at the UNFCCC
… The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) represent 48 of the 197~parties to the United Nations Framework … Climate change …
Publication, 01 June 2016
Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
… was left bruised following last month’s UN climate negotiations, when countries failed to agree how they will bring emissions under control … that have the most impact, and begin to mainstream them. The group developed a set of shared principles for devolved climate finance – for … Climate Action Summit, CBA13 will also feed directly into the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Initiative for Effective Adaptation and …
Insight, 22 January 2019