Least Developed Countries Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/least-developed-countries/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 VIDEO: Climate-vulnerable countries outline joint actions on Paris Agreement /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/11/video-climate-vulnerable-countries-outline-joint-actions-on-paris-agreement/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:53:35 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=22955 The post VIDEO: Climate-vulnerable countries outline joint actions on Paris Agreement appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> ‘We strive to lead,’ climate-vulnerable countries declare at COP22 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/11/we-strive-to-lead-climate-vulnerable-countries-declare-at-cop22/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:06:21 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=22939 More than 45 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change pledged to pursue robust action towards implementation of the Paris Agreement.

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]]> World’s poorest countries look to advance strategies for graduating from least developed status /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/11/worlds-poorest-countries-look-to-advance-strategies-for-graduating-from-least-developed-status/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:56:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=22262 Capacity Development Workshop and LDC Graduation, Beijing, China 10-12 November   New York, 7 November – Government policymakers from 16 least developed countries (LDCs) and one graduate, Samoa, will gather in Beijing, China, from 10-12 November to discuss strategies needed to successfully graduate from  LDC status and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). LDCs [...]

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy: Least developed countries will miss 2021 targets without support /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/09/un-deputy-least-developed-countries-will-miss-2021-targets-without-support/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:53:24 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=20540 Unless progress speeds up considerably, the world's LDCs will miss the growth targets they have set themselves by the target date of 2021, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ adopts new declaration, calls for support of least developed countries /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/un-adopts-new-declaration-calls-for-support-of-least-developed-countries/ Sun, 29 May 2016 14:22:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17589 A major Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 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.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ conference to review progress of least developed countries /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/un-conference-to-review-progress-of-least-developed-countries/ Wed, 11 May 2016 13:50:35 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17258 A Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 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.

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