PEOPLE'S ADAPTATION PLAN
MONGLA PORT MUNICIPALITY
INTRODUCTION
The People’s Adaptation Plan for Mongla Port Municipality is a community-driven blueprint for building a climate resilient, and migrant friendly coastal town. Piloted by the Global Center on Adaptation and BRAC with technical support from ICCCAD and SPARC and funding from the UK Government– the process brings together Mongla’s citizens and local government to turn local knowledge into practical climate solutions. By putting the most vulnerable in the driving seat of planning for urban resilience and climate planning, this People’s Adaptation Plan seeks to ensure that their needs are prioritized by climate investments, and that scare resources are used efficiently to address their vulnerabilities.
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MONGLA
METHODOLOGY
PEOPLE'S ADAPTATION PLANS FOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
The plans for the 20 informal settlements were developed through a community-led People’s Adaptation Planning process. Trained local mobilizers first conducted a profiling exercise to identify the most climate-vulnerable settlements, followed by door-to-door household surveys to capture detailed socio-economic and climate risk data. This information was analysed and shared back with residents, who then jointly identified key hazards, ranked risks, and proposed locally viable solutions during participatory visioning sessions. These priorities were consolidated into costed People’s Adaptation Plans, which were subsequently reviewed and validated by communities.