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Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
Two new IIED researches talk about today’s most pressing environment and development issues, future challenges, and how IIED’s ways of working need to evolve to ensure we’re fit for the future.
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Real climate ambition means switching to 'business unusual'
Leadership at the UN Climate Action Summit came from least developed countries and grassroots communities. Clare Shakya argues that supporting their efforts requires a shift away from business-as-usual
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The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
Fatima Athoumani describes the fast-paced journey to representing her nation of Comoros at the UN climate talks
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Climate negotiations on the road to Paris: the Geneva stop
Climate negotiators meeting in Geneva this week (8-13 February) have crucial work to do if governments are to reach a global agreement in Paris in December. Achala Abeysinghe looks at the road ahead
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Green Climate Fund: a big step forward, but many decisions pending
The UN climate change convention's Green Climate Fund (GCF), aims to help countries adopt "transformational" pathways to low carbon, climate resilient development. Its 6th board meeting last week in Bali yielded mixed results for the world's most poor and climate vulnerable countries.
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Poor and vulnerable countries are defying climate inaction
Slow progress at global climate talks is belied by the plethora of actions in many smaller and more at-risk developing nations.
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Least Developed Countries
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are the poorest countries in the world. A number of criteria determine this status. As of May 2009, LDCs number 50. Roughly 65 per cent are in Africa; a number of others are known as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Many SIDS are low-lying and located in parts of the world already prone to extreme weather events, factors that make them highly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as sea level rise and fiercer and more frequent tropical storms.
