A group of experts attending the 46th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) meeting for Least Developed Countries concluded with a call to accelerate efforts on adaptation and resilience.  Held from 19-22 August in Addis Ababa, The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) lauded the host country, Ethiopia, for its Green Legacy Initiative, which has embedded reforestation and landscape restoration in its climate change and ecosystems protection plan.

The meeting was organized by the UNFCCC secretariat and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Planning in partnership with the African Climate Policy Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Established under the UNFCCC in 2001, the primary responsibility of the Experts Group is to assist the least developed countries (LDCs) to address climate change with a focus on effective means of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change. Top on the agenda of the group’s deliberations are ways to assist all the LDCs to have in place their national adaptation plans (NAPs), and pathways to access funding and other support to implement agreed adaptation priorities.