T his event at the fourth Gobeshona Global Conference was an opportunity for local adaptation practitioners to reflect on the broader systemic change needed to support locally led action. Participants explored and shared experiences on Locally Led Adaptation, while showcasing diverse implementation methods, progress monitoring, and lessons learned.

GCA’s annual Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation in Practice publications are an opportunity for local adaptation practitioners to describe and reflect on their work –successes, challenges and even failures. They are also an opportunity for local practitioners to amplify messages for national and global policy makers, on how they can support ambitious, inclusive and transformative local adaptation action.  

The 2023 edition of Stories of Resilience found that while local communities have no choice but to try to adapt to the multiple and complex challenges that climate change throws at them, global and national systems are simply not changing fast enough to respond effectively to urgent local adaptation needs. Policy makers and providers of finance have a long way to go towards building an enabling environment for LLA.