Climate Emergency CoP 25: Loss and damage ‘fighting out’ in Madrid

Slow pace coupled with lack of focus on ambitious emission cut within close door negotiation have infuriated vulnerable countries  

Economic growth in least developed countries of Africa saw sharp decline since 2012

According to a new report, global poverty is increasingly concentrated within the group of 48 LDC countries

Five African countries among top 10 affected by extreme weather in 2019: Germanwatch

India incurred the maximum losses due to extreme weather in 2019 

25% healthcare centres lack water facilities, 20% sanitation facilities: WHO

The report highlights that each year 17 million women in least developed countries give birth in centres with inadequate facilities for water, …

Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture

Least developed countries oppose developing countries

The curious case of climate finance

While a recent OECD report suggested that climate finance had risen to US $110 billion, India found that the only credible finance was for US $2.…

COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years

43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report

Pre-COVID-19 debt crisis has aggravated in poorest countries after pandemic: World Bank

G20 members not keen to extend COVID-19 debt relief for poorest countries

What negotiations mean for least developed countries

They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement

50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM

Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end

Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam

Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study

Mistakes made at Copenhagen may get repeated at Doha climate talks

Qatar could ask ministers to short-circuit negotiations

US says it will not extend commitment on climate mitigation efforts

Ambitions on reducing carbon emissions levels missing at CoP 18, say developing countries

Message from Bonn: Drop Bali agenda

Disagreements begin; parties to discuss informally to adopt long-term cooperation agenda