CRPP Talks 2: Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants: Experience from Asia and the Pacific 27 October 2023 This session shared the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) experience on implementing the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility’s (LoCAL) performance-based grants mechanism for financing locally led adaptation in Asia and the Pacific region. It discussed how LoCAL enables local authorities and their communities to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, and Sustainable Development Goals 13. LoCAL was designed by UNCDF to help local governments and their communities access and effectively use climate finance at the local level; promote the integration of climate change adaptation in local government planning and budgeting systems in a participatory and gender sensitive manner; and use innovative Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants to guarantee programming and verification of local adaptation expenditures. Program and Learning Materials 27 October 2023 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Presentation Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility This presentation gives an overview of how the LoCAL mechanism enables local governments in developing countries to access climate finance, implement… Sophie De Coninck Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ADB Organizer/s Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster Topics Climate Change Poverty Social Development and Protection