Robust indicators are needed to assess progress on locally led adaptation (LLA). These indicators should go beyond the traditional upward accountability and value-for-money assessments that are the focus of donor-driven projects, and instead be designed to be useful for local adaptation practitioners to improve the effectiveness of LLA.

The shift from Community Based Adaptation to Locally Led Adaptation signifies a major shift from “based” to “led”, with local people in the driver’s seat.

GCA Senior Advisor Saleemul Huq documents the history of Locally Led Adaptation.

Knowledge represents both an important determinant and indicator of adaptive capacity. In this opinion piece in Nature Climate Change, the authors argue that for climate change information to have value, actors must be able to transform that information into knowledge that allows them to modify their behavior in adaptive ways.