C ommunities and local governments need data and information, at the right scale, to inform Locally Led Adaptation planning and implementation processes. This includes data and information about: climate forecasts; risks and vulnerabilities potentially exacerbated by climate change; and climate finance. How can this data and information be delivered in ways that target local needs and are accessible and usable by community members?  
 
At the same time, communities, organizations, and local governments produce data and information on climate resilience through mechanisms like climate vulnerability risk assessments and development-related efforts to map community needs and vulnerabilities. This is important information to track progress on building climate resilience, ground-truthing top-down data collection efforts, and informing similar exercises elsewhere. Can and should this data be recorded on a common data platform?

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and Mathematica convened a roundtable discussion at the 2023 Gobeshona Conference on data and information needs for LLA, and its related challenges and opportunities.