Unlocking the Conditions for Locally Led Adaptation

As the UNFCCC adaptation agenda moves from defining frameworks and indicators towards implementation, this interactive session asks how global commitments can translate into action in climate-vulnerable territories. Starting with a concrete territorial climate-risk scenario, it focuses on how locally identified adaptation priorities can become funded, implementable solutions.

Participants will examine three connected dimensions: citizen-generated data and evidence, access to finance for community-led solutions, and the connection between territorial priorities and adaptation policies and planning.

The session will identify key bottlenecks across this pathway and define five conditions needed to finance, implement, and scale locally led adaptation. It will also examine where responsibility lies across communities, funders, and governments to close the adaptation implementation gap.