The report of the 21st meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Expert Group (LEG) outlines, among other things, the LEG's two-year rolling work programme for 2012–2013, and a summary of the status of preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs).
Eleven small island developing States (SIDS) are also categorized as LDCs.
25 April 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) has published the report of the 21st meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Expert Group (LEG). The report contains the LEG’s two-year rolling work programme for 2012–2013 and an update on efforts to implement its work (FCCC/SBI/2012/7).
During the meeting, which was held in Thimphu, Bhutan, from 9-13 March 2012, the LEG focused on issues relating to: the implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) and the LDC work programme; the strategy for conducting regional training workshops for 2012–2013; the development of technical guidelines for the national action plan (NAP) process; and outreach activities and various case studies to enrich the LEG’s work.
The report of the meeting: summarizes the status of preparation and implementation of NAPAs; details discussions with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its agencies on the latest experiences, emerging issues and gaps in developing NAPA projects; and outlines some of the discussions on further specifications for the elements of the LDC work programme, other than NAPAs.
Eleven small island developing States (SIDS) are categorized as LDCs, namely: Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Maldives, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. [Publication: Report of LDC Expert Group Meeting]