THE IMPORTANCE OF SCALING UP - LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION

THE IMPORTANCE OF SCALING UP LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION January 2024 IFRC THE IMPORTANCE OF SCALING UP LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION Climate change is altering the magnitude, communities to strengthen climate resilience frequency and intensity of extreme events and implement climate adaptation measures around the world. [...] Their volunteers and Despite people and communities being on the branches are rooted in communities that know front line of climate impacts, only 10 per cent of their needs and challenges best; the IFRC and international climate finance reaches the local National Societies can play a critical role level, according to the International Institute for supporting them to face and adapt to the Environm. [...] actors, communities and indigenous peoples, who are most affected and best placed to But considering the scale of the climate crisis design and deliver appropriate and effective we need to increasingly work alongside solutions to the climate crisis. [...] 3 IFRC THE IMPORTANCE OF SCALING UP LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION WHY IS LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION IMPORTANT TO THE IFRC NETWORK? National Societies have a long history of implementation and evaluation of climate engaging with communities, gathering their adaptation programmes, combining scientific concerns, listening to their needs, and and local and traditional climate knowledge, integrating them into pri. [...] The culmination of the resilience and community engagement and National Society’s climate action journey is the accountability both offer additional support design, implementation and learning of locally with analysis of community risks, and in led adaptation that is informed about climate particular the climate risk perceptions of risks.