CRPP Talks 4: Building Climate Resilience Through Graduation Programs Read more about CRPP Talks 4: Building Climate Resilience Through Graduation Programs
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Read more about 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 locally led adaptation projects, and contribute to global climate goals.
Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) Program Read more about Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) Program This presentation gives an overview of Kenya’s FLLoCA program, which strategically channels climate finance directly to local governments and communities to foster inclusive, resilient, and locally-led climate action.
Sejal Patel Keywords sustainable livelihood climate change Read more about Sejal Patel Sejal Patel is an environmental economist and senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development. With over 10 years of experience, her work focuses on climate and environment finance, public policy, and governance, particularly in relation to low-carbon climate-resilient development, and on the themes of supporting inclusive and equitable processes that bridge local priorities and voices with the national and international levels.
Building Community Resilience Through National Climate Funds Read more about Building Community Resilience Through National Climate Funds This presentation gives an overview of the building of community resilience through national climate funds, with a focus on Nepal's Green and Resilient Financing Facility (GREFF) and how it aims to channel climate finance to local levels.
Scaling Up Local Adaptation Measures Through Climate-Responsive Decentralization Processes Read more about Scaling Up Local Adaptation Measures Through Climate-Responsive Decentralization Processes This presentation gives an overview of how decentralized governance and strengthening local institution capacities are essential for effective climate adaptation and resilience building at the subnational and community levels in the Asia-Pacific region.
Strengthening Climate Resilience at Scale While Leaving No One Behind Read more about Strengthening Climate Resilience at Scale While Leaving No One Behind This presentation gives an overview of the strategies and challenges involved in scaling up climate resilience efforts while ensuring inclusive, gender-sensitive approaches that reach local communities.
CRPP Talks 2: Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants: Experience from Asia and the Pacific Read more about CRPP Talks 2: Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants: Experience from Asia and the Pacific
CRPP Talks 1: Scaling Up Locally Led Climate Action Read more about CRPP Talks 1: Scaling Up Locally Led Climate Action While local communities are on the frontlines of climate impacts, they typically lack a voice in the decisions that affect them. The International Institute for Environment and Development estimates that less than 10% of international climate finance gets earmarked for local-level action. There are growing calls by countries, civil society, and many other stakeholders to improve both the quantity and quality of climate finance.
Insight Thursday: Building Community Resilience Through National Climate Funds Read more about Insight Thursday: Building Community Resilience Through National Climate Funds This session explored how creating “community windows” within national climate funds was a key strategy for delivering locally owned investments. Interestingly, ADB developing member countries were keen on establishing specific finance vehicles to invest in their resilience and development goals, to enable increased finance mobilization, greater coordination, and support programmatic approaches.