Launch of the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC)
Channel: IIED
Date: 2017-06-27

On 26 June, the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC) was officially launched in Kampala , Uganda, by the chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, Gebru Jember Endalew from Ethiopia.

The LUCCC is a South-South, adaptation-focused, LDC-specific, knowledge-sharing and capacity-development initiative of the LDC Group. It aims to capacitate all 48 LDCs to be able to tackle climate change impacts effectively by 2030. 

It also addresses Article 11 (on Capacity Building) of the Paris Agreement which aims to focus on developing long-term, in-country capacity development by involving universities in each LDC.

This video features interviews with Endelaw, along with  International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) director Saleemul Huq and Bernard Bashaasha, principal of Makerere University.

More details: http://www.icccad.net/luccc/