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UNFCCC contribution to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the LDCs
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Addressing vulnerability to climate change in LDCs
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Background
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The challenge of adapting to climate change, particularly in the context of vulnerable and least
developed countries (LDCs), is an issue that has been well recognized in the UNFCCC process. The
establishment of an LDC work programme in 2001
embodies this by recognizing the urgent and immediate needs of LDCs to adapt to climate change. This
has now been complemented by the Cancun Adaptation Framework which lays out
important areas of cooperation between developing and developed countries for the implementation of
adaptation actions. As part of the preparations for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the
LDCs (LDC-IV), the UNFCCC is therefore providing inputs on the support provided to the LDCs and the
progress made by the LDCs in reducing vulnerability to climate change during the period
2001–2010, and future opportunities.
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Activities
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The UNFCCC specifically engaged on the following activities in order to facilitate and enrich the
substantive consultations of the LDC-IV on the areas of addressing vulnerability to climate change in
LDCs:
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High level
pre-conference event
Under the theme “Reducing vulnerability due to Climate Change, Climate Variability and
Extremes, Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss: Environmental and Developmental Challenges
and Opportunities for LDCs”. The event was held in New York, the United States of
America, on 28 February 2011.
A publication
was developed on ''Reducing vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and
extremes, land degradation and loss of biodiversity.
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Special event at LDC
IV
The event on “Reducing vulnerability to climate change in LDCs”, took
place in Topkapi B, Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, on 10 May 2011, from
0830–1000hrs
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High-Level Debate
at LDC IV
A high-level interactive thematic debate on “Reducing Vulnerabilities, Responding to
Emerging Challenges, and Enhancing Food Security in LDCs”, took place on
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 during the LDC IV Conference.
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