Publications
This report outlines a number of possible actions for LLDCs to advance the adoption of renewable energy and harness related socio-economic and environmental benefits. The report concludes that the world is likely to fail to achieve the SDG 7 target of 100 percent access to electricity by 2030, despite notable progress in electrification being recorded over the last decade.
Empowering women from LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS in deep-sea research Report was commissioned as part of the activities under the Women in Deep-Sea Research (WIDSR) project implemented by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in partnership with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) are isolated from global markets because of the lack of direct territorial access to the sea. Their geographical constraints and remoteness create many challenges. This low transport connectivity causes lower levels of trade compared to transit countries and the world average.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how all countries are vulnerable to some degree or another. But also how the extent of that vulnerability, and the capacity of different countries to overcome it, varied drastically.
Financing for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) remains below the levels needed to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.? Concessional flows (official development assistance)? directed to SIDS in 2019 was $5,742 million (mn)(OECD, 2021). SIDS receive very little Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share? of total ODA.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are being disproportionately and increasingly impacted by the impacts of climate change while their special circumstances make them extremely vulnerable to other external shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Created over 50 years ago, the Least Developed Country (LDC) category was always meant to be a temporary phase for the countries furthest behind in their development.
The social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt deeply, especially in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).