ICCCAD, with the support of IIED and FCDO organized a two-day consultation on Locally-led Adaptation (LLA) in Bangladesh at Six Seasons Hotel, Dhaka. More than 60 participants in this consultation representing NGOs, INGOs, universities, private sector, think tanks took part. The consultation enabled to understand the importance of incorporating the 8 principles of LLA in planning, design and implementation of climate change adaptation projects and programmes. One of the major outcomes of the consultation was the launch of ‘National Platform on Locally-Led …

Bangladesh has been experiencing rapid growth in urban population for the last few decades. This growth follows an imbalanced spatial distribution, mostly directed towards Dhaka- the capital city. More than 60 percent of Bangladesh’s urban population is concentrated in four major cities: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, and Rajshahi. By 2035, nearly 110 million people are expected to inhabit urban areas in …