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MINIMISE AND ADDRESS LOSS AND DAMAGE

LoCAL brings climate finance to Local governments and communities to build resilience with

LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION

LoCAL works with the most vulnerable communities

TO ADAPT TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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LoCAL addresses the climate adaptation finance gap, bringing devoted resources to the local level

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LoCAL channels climate finance to local governments for community-led adaptation actions for sustainable local development.

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LoCAL empowers communities to build resilience to climate impacts

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LoCAL helps accelerate local adaptation responses for communities and nature-based livelihoods.

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THE local climate ADAPTIVE living facility

Welcome to the LoCAL Facility

The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility, designed and managed by the UN Capital Development Fund, is a standard internationally recognized mechanism that helps local government authorities in developing and least developed countries access the climate finance, capacity building and technical support they need to respond and adapt to climate change.

Local authorities of developing and least developed countries (LDCs) are uniquely positioned to identify the climate change adaptation responses that best meet local needs and typically have the mandate to undertake the small- to medium-sized adaptation investments that are essential for building climate resilience. Yet in the most vulnerable nations, local authorities frequently lack the resources to take action, especially in a way aligned with established decision-making processes and public planning and budgeting cycles.

LoCAL combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs), which ensure programming and verification of climate change expenditures at the local level, with technical and capacity-building support. LoCAL is designed to re-enforce existing national and sub-national financial and fiscal delivery systems, and it uses the demonstration effect to trigger further flows for local adaptation — including national fiscal transfers and global climate finance for local authorities — through their central governments.​

LoCAL promotes climate change–resilient communities and economies by increasing finance and investment in climate change adaptation at the local level.

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