At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, four community-led initiatives from Kenya, India, Peru, and a global heritage network received the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Awards for pioneering responses to climate change. Organized by the Global Center on Adaptation with support from the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the awards spotlight how locally led climate action is driving resilience, from transforming informal settlements through climate-responsive health care to empowering women farmers.