The 2022 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards recognize locally led efforts to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change across four categories: financial governance, inclusive leadership, capacity and knowledge, and local innovation. The four winners of the Awards in 2022, from Asia and Africa, shared their work during Gobeshona 2023.     

10:00-11:30 GMT on 16 March 2023

The GCA South Asia Partnership Forum took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 December 2022, right after the launch of the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation and focused on sharing experiences and lessons on scaling up LLA.

“Our government will extend all possible support to the Global Center on Adaptation and its newly launched global initiative on Locally Led Adaptation," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, while launching the launching the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation. "We are pleased to have this as yet another offering from Bangladesh for the climate-vulnerable peoples around the world.”

The planning process in Mukuru to improve water management, roads and sanitation shows how locally led action can unlock the enormous potential and creativity of communities to develop and implement solutions, while catalyzing adaptation that is more effective, equitable and better targeted at local needs.

Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice, published by the GCA in collaboration with Independent University, Bangladesh and the International Institute for Climate Change and Development, was launched on 14 November 2022 during COP 27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The four winners of the GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards 2022, were announced on 12th November 2022 at the COP27 through a side event at the Resilience Hub. The awards recognize locally led efforts to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change across four categories: financial governance, inclusive leadership, capacity and knowledge, and local innovation.

The third virtual Gobeshona Global Conference, scheduled to take place from 10-16 March 2023, will focus on 'Monitoring Locally Led Adaptation'.

The first meeting of the National Platform on Locally-Led Adaptation in Bangladesh took place on 28 September 2022 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and discussed key messages for COP 27.