UNDP/UNEP Launch New Capacity Development Programme for Climate Change Negotiators from Least Developed Countries

The new initiative titled: Building Capacity for LDCs to Participate Effectively in Intergovernmental Climate Change Processes was launched in Bangkok. It will provide technical assistance to a select group of negotiators from LDCs. Its aim is to strengthen key negotiation skills, applying climate change information and science, and understanding the climate change policy-making framework under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).