The 4th IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum will be held on 24–25 October 2024 as a hybrid event (live in person at the IMO Headquarters in Lon
The 4th IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum will be held on 24–25 October 2024 as a hybrid event (live in person at the IMO Headquarters in London and online). The theme of the Innovation Forum this year is: "Innovation to Support Maritime Decarbonization with Focus on Developing Countries".
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Preparatory Committee for the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (General Assembly, 78th session, Second session, 1st meeting).
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries offers a chance to explore solutions and forge partnerships, addressing challenge
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries offers a chance to explore solutions and forge partnerships, addressing challenges and unlocking their full potential for a more equitable and prosperous future. (Gaborne, Botswana from 9 to 12 December 2024).
Opening of the session - Item 1
Opening statements
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters - Item 3
General statements - Item 5
Agenda item 6 – Consideration of the draft outcome document
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) are locked out: with no direct territorial access to the sea, they struggle with international trade, connectivity, and economic development.
Cut off from the global marketplace and without the means to develop adequate transport and logistics infrastructure, landlocked developing countries facing unique and significant challenges in achieving the sustainable development goals. Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), lacking direct sea access, face hurdles in trade, connectivity, and development. Without coastal ports, they rely on transit nations, causing higher trade costs and delays. Despite challenges, LLDCs host vibrant communities with untapped potential.
Innovative solutions, strategic partnerships, and increased investment can help to address these challenges and unlock the full potential of these nations.
Related Sites and Documents
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Proposed organization of work.
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Overcome challenges on both the Fish supply and demand sides.
A new UNCTAD study examines the development potential of the fishery sector in selected Least Developed Countries in Africa and Asia, providing policy recommendations to overcome challenges on both the supply and demand sides.
488 million people living without access to electricity in the LDCs.
The world's Least Developed Countries are in a race against time to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The remaining years n
The world's Least Developed Countries are in a race against time to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The remaining years need to usher in a new global partnership to ensure these 46 countries benefit from social, economic and environmental development.
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The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5 ) in Doha, Qatar on 5-9 March, 2023 is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most - and to tap the full potential of the Least Developed Countries helping them make progress on the road to prosperity.
Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy solutions lies at the heart of sustainable development. With an estimated 488 million people living without access to electricity in the LDCs, and the demand for energy projected to increase, access to sustainable energy is a top priority of the Doha Programme of Action (DPOA) which emphasizes the critical role of sustainable energy in achieving structural transformation in the LDCs. To achieve universal energy access by 2030, LDCs need to rapidly accelerate their pace of electrification, connecting 63 million new customers each year in 2019–2030 compared with their historic pace of 23 million in 2000–2018. Furthermore, the pace of progress in energy access in these countries is facing significant challenges due to climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine which has created uncertainty in global energy markets and pushed energy prices up.
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Access to energy must for LDCs to escape poverty: Report 60 per cent people in LDCs lack access to electricity Kathmandu, November 23 Expanding access to adequate, reliable and affordable sources of modern energy is essential if the world’s poorest nations are to escape the poverty trap, says The Least Developed Countries Report 2017: Transformational Energy Access of UNCTAD.
Call to enhance productive capacity of LDCs Kathmandu, July 14 Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce Naindra Prasad Upadhaya paid a courtesy call on Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevedo, at the latter’s office in Geneva yesterday.
LDCs seek implementation of ODA pledge Kathmandu, March 23 The least developed countries (LDCs) have sought proper implementation of overseas development commitment of the developed countries citing this assistance will be critical for LDCs to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030.
