From Principles to Action: Enabling Locally Led Adaptation
Organizer: WRI / Global Commission on Adaptation *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days
| This session is part of the Development & Climate Days.While it is widely accepted that climate change impacts are felt at the local level, adaptation finance rarely reaches the local level and it is rarer still for local-level stakeholders to lead their own adaptation efforts. Under the Global Commission on Adaptation, World Resources Institute and International Institute for Environment and Development are proposing a set of eight principles to catalyze adaptation that is truly owned and led by local actors. This session outlines these principles and includes a “hard talk” panel during which panelists will be asked to explain how their organization’s work aligns with the principles and lay out potential measures for enhancing commitment to locally led adaptation action. |
Speakers:
Sophie De Coninck, Facility Manager, LoCAL
Gebru Jember Endalew, Chair, Least Developed Countries Group (LDC Group)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Action Track Co-Manager, Global Commission on Adaptation, World Resources Institute
Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
Demetrio Innocenti, SAP Manager, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund
Juan Chang, Principal Forest and Land-Use Specialist Division of Mitigation and Adaptation/ GCF
Clare Shakya, Director of Climate Change at the International Institute for Environment and Development