Statement by David Jackson
@LDC5 in Doha during plenary session on 8th March 2023
LoCAL, Financing Locally Led Adaptation:
The impact of climate change is acutely experienced at the local level – where we work, go to school and live our lives. In the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, adaptation is critical and all too often, under-resourced. The UN Capital Development Fund designed the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility over ten years ago to channel finance to local government authorities and their communities to cover the additional costs of mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change, thereby averting or minimising potential loss and damage. Today, LoCAL is a country-owned mechanism and international standard (ISO 14093:2022) being implemented, or designed for implementation, in over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Pacific.
For more information: www.uncdf.org/local
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