ICCCAD, with the support of IIED and FCDO organized a two-day consultation on Locally-led Adaptation (LLA) in Bangladesh at Six Seasons Hotel, Dhaka. More than 60 participants in this consultation representing NGOs, INGOs, universities, private sector, think tanks took part. The consultation enabled to understand the importance of incorporating the 8 principles of LLA in planning, design and implementation of climate change adaptation projects and programmes. One of the major outcomes of the consultation was the launch of ‘National Platform on Locally-Led …

Consultation Workshop on Locally-led Adaptation (LLA) on the 23rd and 24th of May 2022 at Dhaka. The workshop will enable us to assess the knowledge gaps on LLA, and brainstorm the opportunities to scale up LLA at both the national and local levels in Bangladesh. This will be the very first workshop taking place on LLA in Bangladesh, and we …

During the negotiations that led to the historic Paris Agreement at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, the climate vulnerable countries argued for and succeeded in getting the global goal on mitigation of staying below two degrees Celsius—and if possible, below 1.5 degrees Celsius. This was indeed a remarkable achievement for the vulnerable countries at that time. …

In Kano, Nigeria, a youth-led organisation is building resilience of local communities through a forest restoration project. Azeez Abubakar reports. This is the first of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)‘ stories by ICCCAD and GRP.  Across a wide range of sectors, Nigeria is faced with several climate change challenges. From increased flooding and intensifying droughts to soaring mean annual …

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was set up with its headquarters in the Netherlands a couple of years ago, and has already developed into a major platform focusing on supporting countries to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. It has already set up regional centres in China and Africa, and is about to launch the regional centre …

Last week, Bangladesh hosted the climate finance summit called by the nearly 50 vulnerable developing countries that are part of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which is chaired by Bangladesh for the current two-year term. The summit was moderated by the former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who is the CVF Ambassador for Ambition, and was opened by Prime …