‘We strive to lead,’ climate-vulnerable countries declare at COP22
More than 45 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change pledged to pursue robust action towards implementation of the Paris Agreement.
World’s poorest countries look to advance strategies for graduating from least developed status
Capacity Development Workshop and LDC Graduation, Beijing, China 10-12 November [...]
UN Deputy: Least developed countries will miss 2021 targets without support
Unless progress speeds up considerably, the world's LDCs will miss the growth targets they have set themselves by the target date of 2021, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned.
UN adopts new declaration, calls for support of least developed countries
A major UN meeting focusing on the world's least developed countries has closed in Antalya, Turkey, with the adoption of an outcome document paving the way for further concrete action.
UN conference to review progress of least developed countries
A UN conference is set to undertake a review of progress made during the past five years by the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs), which comprise about 12 per cent of the global population.