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GLOBAL HUB ON

LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION

Welcome to GCA’s Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation, a platform to inform, connect and inspire local communities and practitioners around the world with the latest knowledge and solutions for adapting to climate change.

WATCH THE 2025 LAC AWARDS CEREMONY

The GCA Local Adaptation Champions (LAC) Awards celebrate exemplary initiatives reshaping climate resilience through local leadership and community ownership. Special guests at the 2025 Awards Ceremony, which took place in Belém, Brazil during COP30, included H.E. Janja Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil; H.R.H. Princess Dana Firas of Jordan; Debbie Palmer, FCDO UK; and Hans Olav Ibrekk, Special Envoy at Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 2025 LAC Champions include Preserving Legacies in the Citizen Science category; Aquafondo Peru in the Nature-based Solutions category; AJSA India in the Women's Livelihood category; and Foundation for Tomorrow Kenya in the Health category.

What's new

From ancestral water systems to heritage-led adaptation: Four champions celebrated for their climate leadership at COP30

GCA Launches Stories of Resilience at COP30, Calling for a Breakthrough in Climate Adaptation Finance

Devolve decision making

Ensure transparency and accountability

Invest in local capabilities

Locally implemented or locally led? Tracking finance for community climate action

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Collaborative action and investment

Patient, predictable, accessible funding

GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Build understanding

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

Homa Bay Residents Present Climate-Resilient Urban Development Plan to County Government

Build understanding

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

People’s Adaptation Plan process launched in Madagascar to inform investments by World Bank MIONJO Project

Build understanding

Invest in local capabilities

Co-Creation Workshop on Embedding Locally Led Adaptation in Community Driven Development in Ghana

Address structural inequalities

Collaborative action and investment

Missing in (Climate) Action? Displaced Communities and the Search for Durable Solutions

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Patient, predictable, accessible funding

Surviving Heat on the Streets: An Assessment of the Psychosocial Impacts of Extreme Heat on Homeless Persons

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

Women take the lead in designing climate-resilient roads in Rajshahi

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Devolve decision making

Invest in local capabilities

People’s Adaptation Plans for Coastal Towns in Bangladesh – A Storybook

Address structural inequalities

Build understanding

Collaborative action and investment

Devolve decision making

Ensure transparency and accountability

Invest in local capabilities

GCA Commends Homa Bay’s Leadership in Climate Resilience as People’s Adaptation Plan Integrated with County Planning

100 VOICES OF THE VULNERABLE

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LLA STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

LLA PRINCIPLES

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Devolve decision making

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Address structural inequalities

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Patient, predictable, accessible funding

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Invest in local capabilities

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Build understanding

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Flexible programming and learning

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Ensure transparency and accountability

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Collaborative action and investment

LLA PARTNERS