Officials and experts have warned that low-income nations are struggling to protect themselves against climate change.
Organisations representing 90 countries say that their plans to prevent damage can't keep up with the pace of climate-induced disasters, which are intensifying and happening more regularly.
The UN says the number of developing countries with climate adaptation plans has increased. But it stresses that there's limited evidence these plans have reduced any risks.
"We need to adapt our plans to the worsening climate crisis. Our existing plans are not enough to protect our people," Sonam Wangdi, chair of the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group on climate change, said.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says more than 80% of developing countries have begun formulating and implementing their national adaptation plans.
But a study by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), published last month, suggests that 46 of the world's least-developed countries don't have the financial means to "climate-proof" themselves.
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