conversely coal has played a relatively limited role in ldcs electricity generation mix although its weight may expand somewhat as recently planned investments in new coalbased plants come online as discussed in the next subsection however there is evidence of an acceleration of nonhydro renewable energy deployment in ldcs since and utilityscale plants currently under construction will increase their weight in the near future at the nd conference of the parties to the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc cop the climate vulnerable forum including ldcs pledged to achieve per cent renewable energy by thus half of the ldcs including island ldcs dependent on fossilfuel generation as well as others with a larger share of renewable energy consider a transition to a lowcarbon power sector a strategic longterm objective other ldcs such as lao people s democratic republic mozambique and uganda are also experimenting with the deployment of various renewablebased generation technologies