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Cover of the paper, Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap
Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap
… and organisations have endorsed the eight principles for locally led adaptation (LLA) since their launch at the Global Adaptation Summit in 2021, yet less than 1% of climate finance incorporates locally led approaches. This gap between … power directly in communities’ hands – has gained widespread policy support but minimal implementation at scale. It explores three …
Publication, 24 November 2025
Climate-resilient water infrastructure in Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau.
LDCs’ experiences in transparency reporting, part 2: loss and damage
… their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), in particular, the adaptation and loss and damage sections. The BTR is the primary vehicle for countries to present information on climate action and support under the Paris Agreement. For LDCs, whose vulnerabilities to climate change are significant, reporting on adaptation and loss and damage …
Event, 29 July 2026
Woman sitting on the steps on a hut, laughing.
Climate change and the gender justice backlash
… Climate change affects all of us, but not in the same way. A growing body of … . Not passive recipients  Women play a crucial role in climate adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction. They are not the … have lobbied hard for women's and LGTBQIA+ rights in climate policy decision making at community and national levels.  More …
Insight, 06 May 2025
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Demonstrating locally led adaptation principles in practice
… the least developed countries (LDCs) have contributed the least to climate change, they disproportionately suffer from its impacts. Adaptation is a matter of survival for many. Climate change adaptation … Least Developed Countries Initiative for Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Publication, 01 October 2024
Women carrying firewood in Sierra Leone.
Influencing global climate and development discourses for locally led adaptation
… face significant challenges in accessing sufficient and ‘quality’ climate finance, such as complex application processes and delays in … and other key policy and programmatic stakeholders to improve climate adaptation finance delivery in the following core areas: Enhancing and … on access to climate finance, responding to the impacts of climate change, the quantity, quality and composition of climate finance, and …
Article, 24 September 2024
Aerial view of the Kibera neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.
If cities could speak: vulnerability, climate and health in the city
… in the global South hold some of the greatest, but most overlooked, climate-related health challenges. Yet, they are also places where there are major opportunities to not only tackle health and climate change together, but also overcome deeply entrenched urban inequalities. … work undertaken by this project sits between research, knowledge and policy, arguing that cities of low-and middle-income countries face an …
Project, 07 October 2025
Two people holding plants and discussing.
Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions
… and basic services, making them especially vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, up to two-thirds of global greenhouse gas … people (PDF) A mere 1.2% of climate finance for cities is spent on adaptation , and Only 3.5% of the money from the major global climate … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP29) …
Insight, 20 November 2024
Farmer tending to their coffee garden, checking the beans on a tree.
From Seville to Belém: reimagining country platforms for adaptation finance
… and in the room − as over 70 heads of state, finance ministers and climate leaders pressed for real-world solutions. The result? The … platforms − country-led mechanisms designed to streamline sources of climate finance in line with climate and development priorities. Country … platforms as critical infrastructure to deliver nationally owned adaptation and development finance. For years, least developed countries …
Insight, 21 August 2025
Woman farmer in Senegal looking into the distance while standing in a field.
Rewiring climate finance: new insight series asks, how can multilateral climate funds deliver for the poorest and most vulnerable people?
… is launching a series of insights that will examine the multilateral climate finance landscape through a systems change lens – exploring how coordinated interventions at key leverage … ever. Multilateral climate funds such as the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund were designed to help achieve the Paris Agreement’s …
News, 28 October 2025
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Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance
… Communities most affected by climate change and economic shocks are often also leading the solutions needed … World Urban Forum or the International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation . By strengthening alliances, generating evidence and … Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance …
Project, 19 February 2026