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High-level Thematic Round Table 5: Addressing climate change and supporting the environment

7 March 2023, Doha time: 14:00 – 17:00
Thematic Roundtables Hall

The LDCs are among the nations that are the most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Disasters have disproportionate impact on LDCs in terms of economic losses, deaths and missing persons, disrupted livelihoods, and damage to critical infrastructure. At the same time, LDCs are rich in biodiversity and natural resource endowments. The LDCs must receive the necessary support in terms of finance and technology transfer to ensure that strong economic growth is decoupled from emissions and does not erode their natural resource base, nor degrade their often fragile ecosystems. To reduce the vulnerability of the LDCs to environmental shocks and natural hazards, especially those related to climate change, and to enhancing their ability to meet these and other challenges through enhanced adaptive capacity and resilience, building adaptive capacity and resilience lies at the core of the DPoA.

The high-level thematic round tables will focus on consensus-building to renew and reinvigorate partnerships and mobilize additional international support measures and actions in support of least developed countries to enhance their resilience to multiple shocks and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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