Sweden signed an agreement on August 31, 2023, at the Sweden Embassy, with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will secure continued support for the Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) project during a new 2-year period, 2023-2025. LoGIC is implenting the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, designed and managed by the UN Capital Development Fund, to channel finance to communities for locally led adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh.

Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Alex Berg von Linde and UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.

LoGIC has been a vehicle for delivering climate adaptation finance and capacities to the poorest and most climate-vulnerable households, Unions and Upazilas of Bangladesh. The project has been working to build climate resilience in Bangladesh by emphasising the importance of local leadership, innovations, and nature-based solutions. Thousands of vulnerable women and households have been forming savings groups, cooperatives, and enterprises that help them overcome climate-induced disasters and negative impacts and thrive.

During the next two years, the project will be implemented in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and will continue being implemented in the seven most climate-vulnerable districts. The project will also facilitate the institutionalisation of the LoGIC modality for local adaptation financing within the Government’s national planning, budgeting and allocation system to local governments and communities.

“We are very pleased to continue our support for the LoGIC project,” said Alex Berg von Linde. “This project is making a real difference in the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Bangladesh. It is helping them to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to build a more sustainable future.”

“UNDP Bangladesh continues to work on mainstreaming climate change into local level planning and financing processes and support effective adaptation measures,” said Stefan Liller, UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative in Bangladesh. “The LoGIC project is a great example of how international cooperation can help to address the challenges of climate change. We are grateful to Sweden for their continued support for this important project”.

LoGIC, launched in 2016, is a multi-donor collaborative initiative of the Government of Bangladesh, UNDP, UNCDF, European Union and Sweden. It aims to enhance the capacity of vulnerable communities, Local Government Institutions (LGI) and civil society organisations (CSO) for planning and financing climate change adaptation solutions in selected climate-vulnerable areas. Later, Denmark joined the partnership.

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