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October 17, 2018

Accelerate Adaptation Through Local Climate Action: Speaking at the launch of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) at The Hague, Netherlands, Senator Loren Legarda, who is among the Commissioners, stresses that the GCA should guide nations into realizing that it makes good socio-economic sense to mainstream adaptation and resilience in national budgeting processes, but it should also be implemented by local governments.

The GCA, which is headed by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates, and World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva, aims to elevate the political importance of climate adaptation and encourage bold solutions to become more resilient to climate-related threats, especially for vulnerable countries and communities. The Commission is composed of 17 convening countries and 28 commissioners representing all regions of the globe and all sectors of development and industry.

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