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GLOBAL HUB ON

LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION

Welcome to GCA’s Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation, a platform to inform, connect and inspire local communities and practitioners around the world with the latest knowledge and solutions for adapting to climate change.

Join us in celebrating the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions at COP30!

Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas of Jordan and H.E. Janja Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil, will both speak at the ceremony. The livestream link will be available here during the event on 10 November 12:30-13:30 BRT (Brasília Time) | 16:30-17:30 CET.

What's new

GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards Ceremony & Launch of 2025 Stories of Resilience

Build understanding

Invest in local capabilities

Co-Creation Workshop on Embedding Locally Led Adaptation in Community Driven Development in Ghana

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Patient, predictable, accessible funding

Surviving Heat on the Streets: An Assessment of the Psychosocial Impacts of Extreme Heat on Homeless Persons

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

People’s Adaptation Plans for Coastal Towns in Bangladesh – A Storybook

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

Women Drive Climate-Resilient Green Roads for Water in Bangladesh

GCA announces 20 finalists for the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Awards

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Devolve decision making

Ensure transparency and accountability

Invest in local capabilities

GCA Commends Homa Bay’s Leadership in Climate Resilience as People’s Adaptation Plan Integrated with County Planning

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Devolve decision making

Ensure transparency and accountability

Invest in local capabilities

Youth play critical role in Kenya’s first locally led climate-resilient municipal development plan

Collaborative action and investment

Build understanding

Invest in local capabilities

"Not just students in classrooms—we are local experts in the making"

Collaborative action and investment

Build understanding

Invest in local capabilities

"Recognize data justice as climate justice"

Community representatives from Patuakhali train BPATC staff on People’s Adaptation Planning process

Putting People at the Center of Heat Resilience: GCA and IRADe Host Peer Learning on Heat Action Plans

LLA STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

LLA PRINCIPLES

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Devolve decision making

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Address structural inequalities

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Patient, predictable, accessible funding

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Invest in local capabilities

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Build understanding

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Flexible programming and learning

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Ensure transparency and accountability

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Collaborative action and investment

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