Climate KIC at Community-Based Adaptation (CBA19)

The 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19) in Recife, Brazil from 12-16 May 2025 will host hundreds of people collectively seeking to enable community-driven climate action.

Climate KIC will be co-hosting two events:

Wednesday, 12 May  / 2.30-3.30pm: 10B-4: Out-of-the-box session 4 – Unlocking investment for adaptation: a hands-on role play
Financing locally led adaptation (LLA) remains a challenge. While investors are eager to support climate solutions, they often struggle to find investable/investment ready adaptation projects and the so called ‘pipeline’, and practitioners struggle to speak the language of investment. This session will challenge both sides to a reality check through an interactive role-play game.

Practitioners will pitch their adaptation solutions, while investors and enablers respond, ask critical questions, and provide live feedback. This exercise will surface the key gaps and misalignments between LLA initiatives and investors and explore how we can make adaptation more investable. 

Participants will leave with an understanding of how to bridge the divide between impact-driven projects and financial sustainability.

Host organisations
UNDP; Adaptation Fund; Climate-KIC; Latimpacto

Thursday, 13 May  / 10.30-12pm: Navigating uncertainties in climate finance: resilient climate finance in challenging times
This session will explore how different stakeholders can navigate uncertainties in climate finance, ensuring adaptation efforts remain impactful and sustainable. 

The session will unpack critical challenges, including the need for LLA practitioners to demonstrate financial sustainability while meeting donor expectations, the realities of investment readiness, and the trade-offs required in adaptation finance.

Host organisations
UK government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Green Climate Fund; Adaptation Fund; UNDP