5th International conference on community based adaptation (CBA) to climate change
The conference aims to:
Share the latest developments in adaptation planning and practices, priority sectors and measures at different levels and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders and communities.
The specific objectives are:
- Bring different stakeholders and practitioners to share and discuss knowledge of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) planning and practices from different parts of the developing world, particularly Bangladesh
- Capture the latest learning from CBA planning and practices around the developing world
- Enhance capacity of the practitioners to help the most vulnerable groups and people in improving livelihoods in developing countries
- Share lessons learnt to facilitate integration of climate change into national and international development programmes
- Disseminate lessons learnt at the conference through proceedings and immediate conference summary.
Field Trip:
A three day field trip, visiting different sites iaround the Dhaka region to view CBA activities in different vulnerable ecosystems.
Conference - Interactive Discussion:
Each day will consist of a plenary session and a number of parallel interactive discussions relating to the following areas within the 'Scaling Up: Beyond Pilots' theme:
- Evidence of change: impacts at local to global levels, understanding climate change adaptation planning and practices
- Partnerships in adaptation: global, regional, national and local levels
- CBA in practice in sectors and regions: water, agriculture, biodiversity, human health, infrastructure, urban, coastal zone, dryland, drought, mountain, floodplain
- Knowledge, education and awareness on climate change: challenges andopportunities for mainstreaming adaptation