Reshaping development pathways in LDCs contest

Reshaping development pathways in LDCs contest held in partnership with the UN Climate Resilience Initiative A2R, Global Resilience Partnership, and UK Aid sought proposals that suggested ways to help communities in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to become more climate resilient. 

Reshaping development pathways in LDCs contestTo become more climate resilient the issue-expert judges have now evaluated over 60 proposals submitted to the “reshaping development pathways in LDCs” contest, and selected 20 as Semi-Finalists.

The 20 semi finalists proposal authors will now have an opportunity to revise their work during a proposal revision phase from now until August 12th at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

During this time, authors can add contributors and improve their proposals based on feedback from the judging team.

The UN Climate Resilience Initiative and Global Resilience Partnership will provide the Judges’ Choice Winner with $10,000 in funding for capacity development, and an expenses paid trip to the UN SG Climate Summit in September 2019 in New York to present their winning proposal.

To become more climate resilient the most innovative, scalable solutions and best practices to restore degraded landscapes helping vulnerable communities organized in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

The IPCC has identified the LDCs to be most affected by climate change because of their current low adaptive capacity on agriculture, makes their economies and the livelihoods vulnerable to climate change impacts.