Vision and Mission

The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Universities Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC) ultimately aims to capacitate all 48 LDCs to become able to adapt effectively to the adverse impacts of climate change. It intends to achieve this goal by developing a South-South and South-South-North knowledge sharing and capacity development programme on adaptation to climate change in universities and training Institutes in all the 48 LDCs.

Objective

- To foster a South-South collaborative network for enhancing research capacity and expertise in climate change.
- To network and enhance the capacity of Southern universities to develop common research projects and implement teaching and training programs in different climate change topics. The focus of the Consortium will be on climate change adaptation, especially community-based adaptation.
 - To work with the most vulnerable countries and for the most vulnerable communities.
 - To foster two-way collaborative learning and capacity-building.
 - To enable LDC universities and research institutes to serve as repositories of knowledge and suppliers of capacity. This will enable national agencies to effectively implement community based adaptation initiatives as they have resource people to train implementers.