The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Awaza, Turkmenistan, adopted the Awaza Programme of Action for the Decade 2024¨C2034 (APoA). For the first time, a Programme of Action for LLDCs includes a dedicated priority area on enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change and disasters.
Climate change increasingly compounds the structural vulnerabilities faced by LLDCs. Although LLDCs account for approximately 7 per cent of the global population and 12 per cent of the world¡¯s land area, they experienced more than 20 per cent of all droughts and landslides globally between 2012 and 2023. Around 54 per cent of their land is classified as dryland, where 60 per cent of the LLDC population lives.
Building on the growing engagement of the LLDCs Group under the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFCCC and strengthened cooperation across the climate, land and water agendas, COP31 provides an opportunity to connect the collective engagement of LLDCs with implementation of the Awaza Programme of Action, as Turkmenistan prepares to assume the Global Chairmanship of the LLDC Group.
