Reforming climate finance to support locally led adaptation: Principles for moving to business unusual

Join this IIED online event to discuss how finance flows must enable actors at the local level to lead the development and design of climate adaptation solutions.

There is global consensus on the need for actors and institutions at the local level to lead the development and design of adaptation solutions. Changes in finance flows, policy frameworks and organisational practices are needed to bring about this vision of locally led adaptation.

Evidence suggests that if we localise the way we plan, finance and deliver climate, nature and poverty solutions, more just solutions will be delivered by virtue of being closer to those most affected and with least voice. Working on the local level can also deliver more integrated, context-specific, agile, efficient, democratic and accountable solutions to and for the poorest and most excluded people.

This interactive session organised by IIED and the World Resources Institute (WRI) at London Climate Action Week on Wednesday, 18 November, will include ‘Hard talk: committing to locally led adaptation’ – a mock-interview presenting a vision and principles for locally led adaptation. We will also crowdsource ways of holding these actors accountable to commit to the promotion of locally led adaptation by enabling finance flows, policy frameworks and organisational practices.

The session will:

• Present a vision and principles for locally led adaptation,
• Provide examples of how these principles imply changes to existing adaptation financing approaches and help achieve 'business unusual', and
• Explore how adaptation actors/institutions align with these and what more is needed.

Date and Time

• November 18th 2020, 2-3.30pm (GMT)
• held in English

About the speakers

Vel Gnanendran is director of climate change and environment at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). He was previously the director of finance and delivery at DFID, and the head of DFID Tanzania.

Rohini Kohli is lead technical specialist for National Adaptation Plans, in the nature, climate and energy team at UNDP. She has worked for over 15 years on issues related to poverty, environment, gender and climate change, with a focus on data, policy and planning.

Dr Muhammed Musa is executive director of BRAC International. He has an extensive background in leading humanitarian, social development, and public health organisations in international, cross-cultural settings.

Farayi Madziwa is coordinator of the Readiness Programme at the Adaptation Fund. 

Clare Shakya is director of IIED's Climate Change research group. She has over 25 years of experience in development, in climate, energy and natural resources.

Other speakers TBC.

How to attend

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Contact

Larissa Setaro ([email protected]) is senior coordinator in IIED's Climate Change research group