Local leaders from Mongla, a coastal town in Bangladesh, convened at the Fourth Gobeshona Global Conference to present on progress, lessons learned, and challenges in developing People's Adaptation Plans. A collaboration between GCA and BRAC, the People’s Plans aim to empower vulnerable communities to confront escalating climate vulnerabilities, such as increased rainfall and flooding.

Winners of the 2022 and 2023 Local Adaptation Champions (LAC) Awards presented their triumphs and challenges at the Fourth Gobeshona Global Conference, including funding, political support and goodwill, opportunities to scale, and further accolades.

LLA practitioners and beneficiaries of local adaptation efforts featured in the 2023 edition of Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice presented their work on inclusive and transformative adaptation at the local level and reflected on lessons and challenges.

Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), a climate resilience think tank and research institute, and Mahila Housing Trust (MHT), focusing on empowering women in urban informal sectors, are developing community-led urban flooding management strategies in India, that prioritize engagement with vulnerable communities, particularly women.

The United States Agency for Development (USAID) is calling for applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified international and/or Bangladeshi local entities to implement the USAID Enabling Environment for Climate Resilience Activity (EECRA) program.

This edition of the Climate Tribune highlights inspiring stories from eight AFCIA grantees worldwide. Initiatives include community-led efforts to grow acai berries in Brazil; farm crickets in Cambodia; expand aquaponics and horticulture-related production in Uganda; and catalyze green entrepreneurship through turnkey programs with hundreds of startup businesses in Colombia.

In Kenya, Mombasa County, located 485 kilometers from Nairobi, is regularly the target of extreme weather events, particularly floods, which destroy infrastructure and people’s livelihoods. As a result, the municipality has just launched the “City Local Adaptation Booster (LAB)” initiative

In northern Tanzania, the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) enhances indigenous pastoralist women’s leadership capabilities to build women’s capacity to achieve equality as decision-makers in pastoralist societies. In recognition of their efforts, PWC has been awarded the 2023 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Award under the Women in Leadership Category.

The 2023 Local Adaptation Champions Awards recognized four innovative and scalable adaptation initiatives that could be used on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

An event on Local Governments, Global Stocktake, organized by the GCA at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), brought together government and non-government representatives to discuss the extent to which they are prepared to take on the challenge of transformative adaptation and the support they need to make this happen.

The four winners of the 2023 Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organized by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), were announced at an awards ceremony at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Winners featured four innovative and scalable adaptation initiatives working on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Bangladesh has secured the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) championship Award in the category of Innovation in Developing Finance during the ongoing climate conference, COP28 in Dubai, UAE. The Award aims to spotlight locally-led projects addressing climate change.

The winners of the 2023 Local Adaptation Champions (LAC) Awards presented their work and experience on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28). The Awards recognized the efforts of local adaptation practitioners in four categories: Women in Leadership; Capacity Building; Business Adaptation Solutions; and Innovation in Devolving Finance.

The four winners of the 2023 Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organized by GCA, were announced at an awards ceremony at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Winners featured four innovative and scalable adaptation initiatives working on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

La oenegé Espacio de Encuentro de la Culturas Originarias lleva un lustro enseñando a crear nuevas capacidades a los campesinos mexicanos para afrontar el cambio climático

La iniciativa “Adaptación al cambio climático a escala local en comunidades indígenas de alta vulnerabilidad en Oaxaca, México” presentada por Espacio de Encuentro de las Culturas Originarias A.C. (EECO), ante el Centro de Adaptación Local (GCA por sus siglas en inglés), para postularse al premio Liderazgo en Adaptación Local 2023, en la categoría de Desarrollo de Capacidades, resultó GANADORA. Por primera vez un país de América ha sido galardonado con este prestigiado premio, el año pasado se entregó a países de Asia y África.

GCA launched the 2023 edition of Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice at an event in the Resilience Hub, during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. Event discussions centered on showcasing perspectives from local actors on what it means for them to engage in global discussions and events, and how best they can be supported to amplify their own voices and influence global discourse on ambitious, inclusive and transformative adaptation and resilience action at the local level.

The world has lost one of the intellectual architects of what we now call Locally Led Adaptation, says GCA CEO Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, in his tribute to Dr. Saleemul Huq.

The Step Change initiative has approved seven new projects aimed at accelerating action and generating momentum for locally led climate adaptation in Africa.

Applications were received from individuals and organizations all around the world, and the five finalists in the Capacity Building category are implementing a diverse range of innovations that support a continuous and evolving process of learning.

The final five shortlisted in the Innovation in Devolving Finance category for the 2023 LAC Awards are exemplary, inspiring, and scalable examples of programs and projects that find innovative ways to enable and support local determination of climate challenges, priorities, and solutions.

The Women in Leadership category at this year’s Local Adaptation Champions Awards spotlights women leaders at the local, national, or global level who have designed or are implementing climate-resilience efforts in and for local communities.

The final five nominees in the Business Adaptations Solutions category demonstrate how small and large businesses are expanding access to adaptation solutions or technologies that address local climate-related vulnerabilities. The solutions also support efforts to address structural inequalities.

The Global Center on Adaptation has selected the 20 shortlisted finalists for the 2023 Local Adaptation Champions Awards in four categories: Capacity Building, Business Adaptation Solutions, Innovation in Devolving Finance, and Women in Leadership.

Community Leaders from Mukuru, the largest informal settlement in Nairobi, showcased some of the early initiatives from their People’s Adaptation Plan to a visiting international delegation today. The delegation included Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA); Professor Patrick Verkooijen, CEO, GCA and Distinguished Chair of The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies; Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark; and Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, France.