The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, designed and managed by UN Capital Development Fund, is attending the world’s largest climate change summit, COP28, the annual Conference of the Parties and the decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This year, COP28 UAE will take place at Expo City Dubai from November 30-December 12, 2023. The Conference is expected to convene some 70,000 participants, including heads of state, government officials, international industry leaders, private sector representatives, academics, experts, youth, and non-state actors.

UNCDF LoCAL and its member countries will be collectively advocating for accelerated funding for adaptation action for the world's most vulnerable people.

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For a full list of LoCAL events at COP28, scroll through the list below (all times are local time, EET)

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LoCAL Events at COP 28

3rd December 2023

14:45 - 15:30 @ the Nordic Pavilion

Scaling up Nordic adaptation results with LoCAL
Nordic nations are leading the way in addressing adaptation needs on the climate change frontline through their support for the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, designed and managed by the UN Capital Development Fund. This event brings together high-level speakers to highlight achievements with LoCAL and make the case for rapid scale-up – how can we work together to deliver more results for more communities?

Live stream available - find links and information here

17:00 - 18h00 @ the Mozambique HUB # 25

Title: Experiences from LoCAL in supporting Community Adaptation to Climate Change.
Representatives of Local Governments, which are the front line structure of the public administration of Mozambique and closer to the communities, share their experiences in the implementation of LoCAL.

5th December 2023

3:00 - 14:30 @ the LDC Pavilion Blue Zone

Ministers call for simplified and consistent access to climate finance with 25-signature declaration

Speakers: H.E. Ms. Rohey John-Manjang, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources The Gambia; Prof Wilson K Tarpeh Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency Liberia.

English and French translation available. For more information, please go to the LDC Group Pavilion page here

15:00 - 16:30 @ the SE Room 8

UN raising ambition and delivery on the ground: multilevel climate action for local resilience

With: UN Habitat, UNCDF, UNU-EHS, UNDRR, UNEP, UNDP

6th December 2023

11:00 - 13:00 @ the UNCDF Pavilion

Exploring Locally Led Adaptation in Bangladesh: Expectation and Reality

With: ICCCAD

8th December 2023

13:00 - 15:00 @ the UNCDF Pavilion

Climate Action for Resilient Livelihoods: Bridging Gaps and Fostering Collaboration

With: UNU, UNDRR, UNEP, UNCDF

14:30 - 15:30 @ the Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion

City Bridge

With: UNCDF, ICLEI

9th December 2023

13:15 - 14:45 @ the SE Room 4

Minimizing and addressing loss and damage with locally led adaptation and risk-transfer financing solutions
The session will explore and showcase how innovative country-based delivery mechanisms and financing solutions for locally-led adaptation action, combined with evidence-based risk transfer financing instruments delivered at the last mile through digital tools, can be used to minimize and address climate change-related losses and damages of communities in the most climate-vulnerable countries, in particular the LDCs, SIDS and African nations.

Keynote speaker: H.E. Mr. Seve Paeniu, Minister of Finance from Tuvalu

Find more information about this event on the UNFCCC page here

10th December 2023

12:00 - 13:30 @ the Bhutan Pavilion, Blue Zone COP28

Locally led adaptation in action: 10 years of results with the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility in Bhutan

13:00 - 13:50 @ the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion

Taking stock: innovative finance solutions for adaptation and the community level
The Pacific region needs to scale up investments in climate adaptation at the local and community level. This session explores needs and results from work at the community and local government level in the Pacific, with a focus on Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

15:20-16:20 @ the Capacity-Building Hub

Making NAPs a reality with capacity building that meets community and local government needs

Representatives from Benin, The Gambia, Ghana and UNCDF

For more information, please visit this UNFCCC event page here

11th December 2023

09:30 - 10:00 @ the Food Systems Pavilion

Building local ecosystems conducive to public and private finance to support food systems adaptation

With: ECDPM, UNCDF

10:00 - 11:00 @ the Ghana Pavilion

Locally led adaptation in action: Experiences with the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility in Ghana

With: National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ghana and Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana, UNCDF

14:00 - 15:00 @ the NDC Pavilion

Bridging the gaps highlighted in the GST: Scalable solutions for NDC implementation that deliver locally led adaptation results

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