Least Developed Countries

The least developed countries (LDCs) is a list of developing countries that, according to the United Nations, exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world. The concept of LDCs originated in the late 1960s and the first group of LDCs was listed by the UN in its resolution 2768 (XXVI) of 18 November 1971.A country is classified among the Least Developed Countries if it meets three criteria: Poverty – adjustable criterion based on GNI per capita averaged over three years. As of 2018 a country must have GNI …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 11 March 2024 English

How has government support for energy in India evolved over the last decade? As India strives to become a USD 5 trillion economy over the next 3 years, what will …

contributions to tackle loss and damage in least developed countries. International Institute for Environment


Canadian Council for International Cooperation · 28 February 2024 English

Concur- rently, the world is witnessing the rise of the far right, a trend increasingly accompanied by the repression of rights and freedoms and the shrinking of civil society space. …

September of 2022, around 89 per cent of least developed countries, 93 per cent of landlocked developing


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 February 2024 English

This report explores the latest consumption and production trends in the soybean sector and examines what is needed to develop effective incentives that reward soybean farmers for adopting more sustainable …

Human Development Index ranking, several least developed countries—Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Burkina


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 15 February 2024 English

The tentative title of the paper is “Climate Variability and Ecosystem Resilience in the North Pacific; Lessons Learned from the PICES FUTURE Program.” Since a critical component of Phase III …

Bioindicators” Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries which sits under the SmartNet programme States (Continued on next page). (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Early Career Ocean Professionals


CCA: Council of Canadian Academies · 12 February 2024 English

The role of the peer review monitor is to ensure that the panel gives full and fair consideration to the submissions of the peer reviewers. [...] Recognizing the opportunities and …

Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small


Wilson Center Canada · 7 February 2024 English

The devastating predict the possible climate impacts to come, the floods in Saudi Arabia1 and Libya2, the wildfires3 severity, frequency6 and scale of these events raging across food-trapped Syria’s agricultural …

complexity of its context, and a significant least developed countries (LDCs)—Djibouti and lack of information


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 February 2024 English

After three years of informal talks and three years of formal negotiations, a group of more than 115 WTO members announced a major milestone on July 6, 2023: the finalization …

members from developed, developing, and least developed countries (LDCs) agreed to launch a Joint Statement


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 22 January 2024 English

Discover tools, recommendations, and case studies on how to plan, design, and implement nature-based solutions for adaptation that advance gender equality and social inclusion while enhancing resilience, biodiversity, and ecosystem …

and implementation in the least developed countries. Least Developed Countries Expert Group. https://unfccc


Wilson Center Canada · 14 January 2024 English

The devastating predict the possible climate impacts to come, the floods in Saudi Arabia1 and Libya2, the wildfires3 severity, frequency6 and scale of these events raging across food-trapped Syria’s agricultural …

complexity of its context, and a significant least developed countries (LDCs)—Djibouti and lack of information


Wilson Center Canada · 6 December 2023 English

iness and pilot programs, whereas the region’s es of climate change prevention, adaptation, least developed countries (LDCs)—Djibouti and mitigation, and response. [...] So how can the MENA region cope with

climate change prevention, adaptation, least developed countries (LDCs)—Djibouti and mitigation, and response


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