“By integrating gender and youth perspectives in our work, we can create more inclusive, resilient, and effective climate policies that address the unique challenges faced by our communities.” These were the opening words of Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group on Climate Change, as he officially launched the Voices of Resilience [...]| LDC Climate Change
Evans Njewa, Chair of the LDC Group Climate change is not a distant threat — it’s an urgent crisis affecting the world’s most vulnerable nations, particularly the 45 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that I represent. These nations, already struggling with poverty and limited resources, are bearing the brunt of a crisis that they have contributed [...]| LDC Climate Change
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have the largest and most rapidly growing youth population worldwide. Youth from the LDCs are not only amongst the most vulnerable, young women and men, girls and boys, can also be important agents for change if informed and empowered. In light of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) taking place [...]| LDC Climate Change
The first woman to chair the LDC Group in UNFCCC negotiations, Madeleine Diouf Sarr discusses what is needed to enable greater representation of women from the least developed countries in international climate decision-making spaces Madeleine Diouf Sarr is the first woman to chair the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group since it began negotiating as a bloc within the UN [...]| LDC Climate Change
Sonam P Wangdi Some weeks ago, torrential rains swept across Haiti for three days, taking lives as rivers across the centre and northern parts of the island overtopped their banks, affecting thousands.For me, it brings back sad memories of last year’s monsoon season as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) across South East Asia grappled with unusually [...]| LDC Climate Change
Cecilia Silva Bernardo I have been working on climate change in my home country of Angola for the past ten years. I don’t know how I fell in love with climate adaptation – the process of preparing and adjusting to actual and expected climate changes – but something drew me to it. In December 2016, [...]| LDC Climate Change
Manjeet Dhakal The coronavirus pandemic adds yet another shock to the multiple challenges that more than a billion people living in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) already face in day-to-day life. It is much more than a health crisis. It has the potential to create devastating health, social, economic and environmental crises that will leave [...]| LDC Climate Change
By Sonam P. Wangdi Earth Day 2020 and we are living amidst two global crises. We face a pandemic and a changing climate, both with devastating and far reaching impacts. Both disproportionately impacting the poor and vulnerable, and magnifying existing challenges. The theme for Earth Day is climate action, recognizing that climate change presents a [...]| LDC Climate Change
By Sonam P. Wangdi Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, surrounded by wispy clouds and ancient forests that go on for miles, there lies my home country of the Kingdom of Bhutan. A small, pristine oasis of only 800,000 people, well known for its Gross National Happiness Index, Bhutan ranks highly in economic freedom, [...]| LDC Climate Change
Tenzin Wangmo and Manjeet Dhakal Rules alone will not get us anywhere; we need urgent and more ambitious climate action 2019 will be a critical year for carrying forward the momentum on climate action generated last year through COP24, the Talanoa Dialogue and the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (1.5°C Special Report). [...]| LDC Climate Change