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Foggy forest landscape with wooden housing
Scaling up community-led ecosystem-based adaptation in biodiverse forest landscapes in Viet Nam
… producer organisations (FFPOs), the biggest challenges to scaling up community-led EbA activities in forest and farm landscapes in Viet Nam lie in … Scaling up community-led ecosystem-based adaptation in biodiverse forest landscapes in Viet …
Project, 13 February 2023
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How can local knowledge be institutionalised in climate decision-making?
… Climate adaptation efforts increasingly recognise the importance of local and … Change Initiative, which promotes equitable, inclusive and locally led adaptation across Africa.  Drawing on experiences from DEFOCLIM in … be made more inclusive of sub-national stakeholders, including community-based organisations and marginalised groups, in local and …
Event, 24 September 2026
Participants discussing the different tools and approaches to decolonise climate action and promote LLA at the 2023 D&C Days event.
Evidence and tools for locally led adaptation
Article, 29 August 2024
Group of people sitting down on the floor in a circle discussing during a workshop in Bangladesh.
Scoring adaptation finance for locally led adaptation: a way to make it accountable
… Finance for adaptation projects is typically delivered through a finance delivery … the funds from intermediaries to implement adaptation actions (community groups, community-based organisations, local governments). But … delivery chain contributes to ensuring adaptation actions are locally led – including how they respond to the LLA principles , which set out …
Project, 02 September 2024
Scorecards being piloted in Bangladesh. A group of people sit in a circle and discuss.
Promoting meaningful accountability and transparency for locally led adaptation
… Climate finance for adaptation often does not reach communities at the frontline of climate … for local action and less than 0.2% specifically targets locally-led outcomes. With increasing interest in locally led adaptation (LLA), it is crucial that new funding comes with more … Promoting meaningful accountability and transparency for locally led adaptation …
Article, 02 September 2024
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Generating ambition for locally led adaptation
Project, 30 August 2024
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Innovative approaches to accessing and scaling all sources of adaptation finance in SIDS and LDCs: a compendium of promising case studies
… Adaptation finance for least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island … to national and local priorities, and funders and the global community must respond. This compendium supports that call by showcasing innovative, scalable and country-led case studies from LDCs and SIDS. Developed by the Climate and …
Publication, 05 January 2026
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Measuring what matters: climate funds’ results and monitoring systems
… Results and monitoring systems for climate adaptation projects are often developed around success indicators … how results and monitoring systems can be designed to be more locally led. …
Publication, 18 June 2026
Aerial view of neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.
Interview: Why the community-based adaptation conference is more important than ever
… Each year, the community-based adaptation conference brings together practitioners, grassroots … policymakers, researchers and donors to share lessons on locally-led approaches to climate adaptation and discuss ways to build a more … Interview: Why the community-based adaptation conference is more important than ever …
Article, 09 April 2025
Farmers in Ethiopia checking crops in a field.
How to fix funding bottlenecks and pave the way for locally led adaptation
… including the climate crisis. During the summit, members of a donor community of practice on locally led adaptation (LLA) will convene. Ahead of this, IIED is taking the … How to fix funding bottlenecks and pave the way for locally led adaptation …
Insight, 04 September 2024