Scaling up Locally-Led Adaptation
This IIED regional dialogue series will be held across three regions — Africa, the Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean and Latin America.
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In partnership with the UN COP26 Presidency, Race to Resilience and the Adaptation Action Coalition, along with additional partners, are collaborating to support global locally-led adaptation.
Six peer-to-peer regional dialogues will be held virtually across the Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Caribbean and Latin America.
Africa Dialogues: convened by Environment and Development Action in the Third World, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), SouthSouthNorth, Slum Dwellers International and World Resources Institute (WRI).
- Dialogue 1: Monday, 6 September 2021, 10am-12pm Central Africa time
- Dialogue 2: Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 10am-1pm Central Africa time
Asia-Pacific Dialogues: convened by International Centre for Climate Change and Development, IIED, Save the Children Australia and WRI.
- Dialogue 1: Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 9-11am Bangladesh time
- Dialogue 2: Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9am-12pm Bangladesh time
Caribbean and Latin America Dialogues: convened by Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, Centro para la Autonomía y Desarollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, IIED and WRI.
- Dialogue 1: Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 9-11am Pacific Daylight time
- Dialogue 2: Thursday, 14 October 2021, 9am-12pm Pacific Daylight time
The dialogues will feature keynote speeches, group discussion and breakout sessions where state and non-state actors can share examples of financing locally-led adaptation.