Excerpt from ClimaTalk:
Developing Nations
There are many definitions and categories that group together countries with small, developing economies. Within the nomenclature of the United Nations, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are “low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development [that] are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets.” There are 46 countries that meet this criteria. However, this does not include nations from other categories such as Small Island Developing States (SIDS), or Developing Economies.
Developing nations are set to have a larger platform than at previous COPs. This is due in part to the mounting levels of mistrust between these countries and their developed counterparts. LDCs, SIDS, and other developing nations had been calling for action against climate change for a decade prior to COP21 and the ratification of the Paris Agreement. However, while the risk of the climate crisis was acknowledged, the mechanisms put in place to promote capacity-building and adaptation in these vulnerable countries have yet to bear fruit.
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