LoCAL provides a mechanism to integrate climate change adaptation into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness and response to climate change at the local level.

2022 Local Adaptation Champions Awards Nominee in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region of India, local mountain communities are building resilience to climate change through measures including developing clean energy and sustainable tourism.

Every dollar invested in locally led adaptation could yield up to US$ 87 in benefits. When social costs are considered, the returns could be as high as 400%. For a deep dive on LLA in Africa, read the Chapter on LLA in GCA’s State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2022.

Climate Tribune is a series of articles published by Dhaka Tribune together with ICCCAD. The different articles bring together the real stories of adaptation from the vulnerable communities highlighting inspiring LLA interventions.

The International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) is one of the first endorsers of the eight principles of Locally-led Adaptation (LLA) and has been promoting it at national and global levels for some time. As part of its continuous advocacy on LLA, it has established a National Platform on LLA (NPLLA) in Bangladesh, to take forward the LLA agenda at the local, and national level. This report highlights the key messages from the first introductory meeting of NPLLA.

Challenges on both the demand and supply side of climate finance make it difficult for local organizations to access climate finance. A consultative process launched to feed into the design of small grants sought to explore how best the grants can reach local organizations and build climate resilience. 

Mini cyclone shelters are two-story climate-resilient structures that serve as homes on a daily basis, and shelters during cyclones or tidal surges.

If international actors are to live up to their rhetoric of supporting locally-led development, they must learn to see from the perspectives of their counterparts in the Global South.

The first meeting of the National Platform on Locally-Led Adaptation in Bangladesh took place on 28 September 2022 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and discussed key messages for COP 27.

Climate change is disrupting traditional values and the close relationship that the fisherfolk of Gwadar, Pakistan, have with their environment. This disruption, in turn, is deepening poverty and political instability in the region.

The September 2022 issue of Climate Tribune, a monthly supplement published by the Dhaka Tribune, focused on LLA.

Failure to address local contexts might result in maladaptive trajectories. Locally led adaptation and nature-based solutions are potential options for effective adaptation to climate change.

In 2022, the Global Center on Adaptation teamed up with the Thomson Reuters Foundation to offer media training to 12 LLA practitioners from local organizations – on how to communicate their efforts more clearly; develop clear messages for target audiences; understand the use of digital marketing and multimedia tools, and more.

The Global Center on Adaptation teamed up with the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2022 to offer media training to 12 multimedia journalists to deepen their understanding of the impacts of climate change on the lives of people, and why local leadership is key to developing responses. It helped them learn how to report these stories in ways that are impactful.

This information session provides an opportunity for prospective applicants to the GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards to learn more and ask clarifying questions about the application and selection processes, timelines and prizes.

Examples of approaches to investing in and implementing Locally Led Adaptation, to demystify the steps funders and governments can take to operationalize and scale adaptation in line with the LLA Principles.