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CBA16 Agenda

3-4 October 2022

Welcome to the CBA16 agenda!  

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26.09.2022
12:00-13:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 1

Meet-and-greet hosted by Susan Nanduddu (ACTADE)

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26.09.2022
14:00-15:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 2

Meet-and-greet hosted by Joshua Amponsem (GAYO)

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26.09.2022
15:00-16:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 3

Meet-and-greet hosted by Aditya Bahadur (IIED)

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27.09.2022
10:00-11:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 4

Meet-and-greet hosted by Jesse DeMaria-Kinney (South South North)

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27.09.2022
16:00-17:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 6

Meet-and-greet hosted by Stella Gama

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28.09.2022
9:00-10:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 7

Meet-and-greet hosted by Nisha Krishnan (WRI)

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28.09.2022
10:00-11:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 8

Meet-and-greet hosted by Obed Koringo (CARE)

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28.09.2022
13:00-14:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 9

Meet-and-greet hosted by Hilary Heath and Heather McGray (CJRF)

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29.09.2022
10:00-11:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 10

Meet-and-greet hosted by Runa Khan (Friendship NGO)

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29.09.2022
13:00-14:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 11

Meet-and-greet hosted by Ineza Grace (LDYC)

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29.09.2022
15:00-16:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 12

Meet-and-greet hosted by Saleemul Huq (ICCCAD)

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30.09.2022
15:00-16:00 GMT
Meet-and-greet 13

Meet-and-greet hosted by Tom Mitchell (IIED)

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9:00-10:30
GMT
Session 1

Opening plenary: Introducing LLA, breaking the ice and considering the major issues

Welcome to CBA! This experimental and seriously interactive opening plenary will encourage you to connect with the LLA principles more creatively and personally, perhaps opening up new perspectives and ideas that you had not considered before. Alongside the opportunity to hear engaging speakers, small groups will break the ice to set the stage for a conference rich in learning, experience sharing and interactive discussion.
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11:30-13:00
GMT
Session 2

Amplifying the voices of local adaptors at COP27 through the Resilience Hub

The Resilience Hub aims to be a significant force in catalysing climate-just action and increasing finance on resilience through an inclusive and dynamic space that it fosters at and between COPs. A crucial component is the hosting of Regional Resilience Hubs (RegHubs) to ensure grassroots- and community-level voices are…
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12:00-13:30
GMT
Session 3

How can we mobilise and channel climate finance to support local adaptation efforts?

There is global consensus on the need for actors and institutions at the local level to lead development, design and implement sustainable and effective adaptation solutions. The session will seek answers to the central question; How to finance locally-led climate change actions and meaningful participation of all gender groups.
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Session 4

Hidden possibilities: how local knowledge rooted in cultural heritage enhances LLA and nature-based solutions

Every community has Indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage and way of living to adapt to changes in life and livelihood. However, this adjustment/adaptation may not be adequate or appropriate considering the volume of hazards and/or lack of ability to address them. This session will identify how various indigenous practices can…
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Session 5

What does women's climate leadership mean in the context of LLA?

Women's leadership in climate action varies widely within different contexts with gender norms, power asymmetries, positionality and intentionality shaping divergent experiences of empowerment and leadership. In this interactive session...
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15:00-16:30
GMT
Session 6

Taking a Climate Justice approach to Locally-Led Adaptation

Principle two of the Locally-Led Adaptation principles advocates for addressing the structural inequalities faced by women, youth, disabled, displaced, Indigenous Peoples, and marginalized groups. The session will explain from a human rights perspective how revisiting existing policies, procedures, and resource allocation may…
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Session 7

How is drug policy a barrier to climate justice?

The war on drugs is an ecological disaster and a serious barrier to climate change adaptation, mitigation and justice. People have always used drugs for pain relief, pleasure and as part of cultural practices. However, governments spend billions of dollars trying to create a drug-free world. Instead, they remove competition and…
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Session 8

Engaging youths for effective locally-led climate change adaptation

This interactive jam space aims to create a platform where youth voices and experiences of enacting the principles for locally led adaptation can come together. We will use a jam board to collate ideas and experiences into one visual representation of youth experiences in transforming the principles into practice...
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9:00-10:30
GMT
Session 9

Delivering LLA at Scale

This open session will discuss practical experiences in delivering LLA so far and what needs to happen at different levels to take LLA to scale. This will include voices from endorsers of the LLA principles sharing their reflections on opportunities and bottlenecks. Questions for discussion include - What works - what incentives…
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Session 10

How can applying the LLA principles help to resolve conflict?

In this session, we will explore the role that the locally led adaptation principles can play when taking on the complex challenges faced by people living at the intersection of climate and conflict vulnerability. We will share examples where locally led actions have been successful in reducing conflict and enabling people…
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Session 11

How do we ‘track progress’ of LLA in practice?

If plurality, flexibility and transformation are foundational to the principles of LLA, how do we track progress and capture evidence? We have lessons on supporting LLA to capture their knowledge and invite you to an interactive session...
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Session 12

Local climate solutions in cities: applying the LLA principles in slums and informal settlements

Organised communities of the urban poor are implementing local climate solutions in cities across the global South. Using tools such as community-driven risk mapping and assessment, climate action stakeholder forums, development of city and settlement climate policies and action plans, and the establishment of city funds to access…
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12:00-13:30
GMT
Session 13

How should local governments change to put LLA into practice?

Involving local government representatives in planning and implementation is central to the locally led adaptation process. This session will focus on identifying the past and existing gaps and challenges in making the system more effective and share two best practices. There will be an opportunity to listen to local government…
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Session 14

Locally-led adaptation solutions to tackle loss and damage

This session will seek to define Loss and Damage and explore the LLA principles with most links to the Loss and Damage Finance facility. Youth speakers will share their experiences of dealing with of Loss and Damage...
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Session 15

Bridging the barriers to upscaling of CBA

Upscaling community-based and gender-just adaptation initiatives is key to the success of locally led adaptation. Upscaling of CBA could take the form of replication within a river basin; by ensuring CBA is adopted by governments; and/or through the transfer of experiences between different localities. Together with CBA champions…
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15:00-16:30
GMT
Session 16

Closing Plenary: the two days in summary and looking into the future.

The closing plenary will round off the conference and bring together the key messages. Did you miss a session you wanted to catch? Find out some of the major discussions held across the conference here, and hear reflections from high-level speakers about what these mean for COP. This is your last chance to influence CBA’s overall…
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Funding Partners

CARE
CARE International works in 100 countries, helping millions of the world’s poorest people find routes out of poverty and achieve social justice.
https://www.care-international.org/
Global Resilience Partnership (GRP)
GRP is an inclusive and diverse partnership of organisations joining forces towards a world where vulnerable people and places are able to thrive in the face of shocks, uncertainty and change.
https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/
Climate Justice Resilience Fund
CJRF builds voice and power in the communities hit first by climate change. To survive and thrive on a warming planet they need voice, power, and the opportunity to innovate. CJRF helps these communities create and share their own solutions for resilience.
https://www.cjrfund.org/
Irish Aid
Irish Aid invest in research that builds evidence on how poor people and countries can best adapt, reduce risk, and build their resilience to withstand future set-backs and disasters.
https://practicalaction.org/
Practical Action
Practical Action works with communities to develop ingenious solutions in agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. Then we share what’s proven to work with others, so many more people can change their world.
https://practicalaction.org/
Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO)
GAYO is a youth-led gender-balanced advocacy organisation who work directly with local communities to reduce the vulnerability of groups that are at risk to climate impacts, through youth empowerment, skills development and public education.
https://greenafricayouth.com/
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
IIED is an international policy and action research organisation delivering solutions to sustainable development challenges. Working with partners across the globe, IIED links local priorities to global challenges.
https://www.iied.org/community-based-adaptation