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Group of women gathered for a regular meeting on aquaculture. One woman is standing and speaking with a poster behind her, while a groups is sitting and listening.
Gender equality and climate finance: from local realities to global commitments
… of global climate action, yet women-led initiatives in the least developed countries (LDCs) remain systematically underfunded. Despite global … Climate change … Gender equality and climate finance: from local realities to global commitments …
Insight, 05 March 2025
Aerial view of flooded town
Alliance of least developed countries, Small Island Developing States to create national facilities to address loss and damage
… A group of least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are forming an alliance … Climate change … Alliance of least developed countries, Small Island Developing States to create national facilities …
News, 05 March 2023
A man in traditional robes bending to inspect crops in a large field of green vegetation
COP29 must deliver bold commitments to limit catastrophic climate impacts
… As a climate negotiator from Sudan and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I can see the potential of COP29 as a beacon for … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP29) … COP29 must deliver bold commitments to limit catastrophic climate impacts …
Insight, 11 November 2024
Farmer in India showing the state of damaged wheat crops on his farm.
Scaling up social protection for food security in a climate-constrained world
… This disproportionately affects vulnerable populations in the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), highlighting … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP29) … Scaling up social protection for food security in a climate-constrained world …
Insight, 16 October 2024
Flooding
2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries
… mostly affecting the world’s most vulnerable populations. The least developed countries (LDCs), home to one billion of the world’s poorest and most … Climate change … 2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries …
Insight, 08 April 2021
Woman walks on a flooded road.
Poorest countries spending billions more servicing debts than they receive to tackle climate change
… The world’s most climate-vulnerable countries are being forced to spend billions more paying off their debts … the debt and climate finance situations of nations in the groups of least developed countries (LDCs), such as Senegal, and Small Island Developing … Climate change … Poorest countries spending billions more servicing debts than they receive to …
News, 20 June 2023
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Regaining momentum: critical negotiations for LDCs at COP28
… This briefing presents priorities for the least developed countries (LDCs) for COP28 at a critical time. The year has seen record … Climate change … Regaining momentum: critical negotiations for LDCs at COP28 …
Publication, 16 November 2023
Man walking on a flooded road.
Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt
… Vastly more of the funds developing countries receive for projects to address climate change come as loans … finance half their climate projects through debt. (It looked at the least developed countries (LDCs), lower-middle-income countries and … Climate change … Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt …
News, 07 September 2023
Logo of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Where to find IIED and partners at COP29: event listing
… resilience and adaptation, particularly for communities in the least developed countries that are most impacted by climate change. It was also a key … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP29) …
Event, 11 November 2024
Woman waters seedlings
Delivering high-quality, predictable and accessible climate finance for least developed countries
… Issued last month by heads of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group climate negotiating bloc, the Thimphu Call for … Climate change … Business unusual: LDC-led climate action … high-quality, predictable and accessible climate finance for least developed countries …
Insight, 03 November 2021