Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (2020), para. 36
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24. Expresses its deep concern that the least developed countries are facing unprecedented challenges owing to rapidly escalating climate risks and significant capacity constraints and are disproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of climate change as well as the impact and the rise in frequency of natural and human- made disasters, which further threaten food security, health and efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and expresses its concern that women and girls are often disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change and other environmental issues;