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That evaluation carried out by the UN Commerce and Development Agency, UNCTAD, comes in an update published Thursday before the final round of conversations to develop an international legally binding instrument against plastic pollution. “Although plastics are directly linked to the triple planetary crisis (pollution, loss of biodiversity and climate change, there is still no…

It is expected that more than 20 heads of state and government and about 3,000 delegates of international organizations, civil society, youth, academia and the private sector attend the conference. There are 32 developing countries without coastline worldwide, home of more than 500 million people. Many are also among the less developed countries in the…

Speaking in the parliamentary forum on Monday of the third UN conference on LLDC, the main UN leaders emphasized that political will, matched with national legislative action, is essential if a new one -decade development plan is to make a real difference. There are 32 countries of this type worldwide, home of more than half…

Unless an international agreement is signed, It is projected that plastic waste triples in 2060, causing significant damage, even for human health, according to the UN Environment Program (UNEP). The unchanged facilitated conversations follow a decision in 2022 by member states to develop a legally binding international instrument to end the crisis of plastic pollution,…

Urging global leaders to rethink the development of nations without coastline, the UN Chief declared: “We recommend today to reaffirm a fundamental truth: Geography should never define fate.“ According to the UN Development Program, of the 32 developing countries without coastline (LLDC) worldwide, 16 are in Africa, 10 in Asia, four in Europe and two…

In an important UN conference on the current UN this week in Awaza, Turkmenistan, calls are growing to address high commercial costs, investment gaps and the growing digital division that continue to retain these countries. Despite the progress in some areas, nations in developing without coastline, from Bolivia to Bután and Burkina Faso, represent only…

And more and more, climate change is aggravating the problem: damaging roads, interrupting supply chains and threatening the already fragile infrastructure with floods, droughts and extreme climate. But as global discussions intensify, a UN conference in Turkmenistan aims to turn the script: help transform LLDC from coast to wool through a smarter touch of intelligent…

Operating within the UN Convention on Climate Change (CMNUCC), the group aims to amplify its voices in global climatic conversations, where its different vulnerabilities have been overlooked for a long time. Disproportionate climatic risks Although the LLDCs represent approximately 12 percent of the world’s earth’s surface, they have experienced almost 20 percent of the world’s…

“We are at a fundamental moment, one that marks a deep change of seeing these nations as isolated and limited by geography to recognize them as dynamic economies linked to the land in the heart of the socio -economic resurgence of Africa,” said Samuel Doe, resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in…

Held under the subject Promote progress through associationsThe four -day forum known as LLDC3, brought together the heads of state, high UN officials, development partners and private sector leaders to address the persistent challenges facing LLDC, including high commercial costs, inadequate infrastructure and climate change vulnerability. Anchored by the Awaza Action Program for 2024–2034, which…