INT/Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) The LDCF is a voluntary trust fund established under the UNFCCC and managed by the GEF to address the special needs of the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Specifically the LDCF wa
s tasked with financing the preparation and implementation of National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs). NAPAs use existing information to identify a country?s priorities for adaptation actions. The LDCF is the only existing fund whose mandate is to f
inance the preparation and implementation of the NAPAs. As of October 1 2012 a total of 47 NAPAs have been completed. To date the fund has 25 donors: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Iceland Ireland Ita
ly Japan Luxembourg the Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland the United Kingdom and the United States.