Thank you. I speak on behalf of the LGMA Constituency, representing local, regional and subnational governments. I want to thank the panellists. Many of their points resonated with our constituency, and I would like to add three enabling factors from the perspective of the local and subnational level.
Local and subnational governments hold the mandates that decide whether adaptation happens: land-use planning, water and drainage, housing, emergency response, health and social services, and the stewardship of ecosystems. Yet only around 17% of adaptation finance reaches the local level. So the question “how do we make knowledge actionable?” is largely a question of how we reach this level.
We see three enabling factors.
First, structured vertical coordination. Where national governments involve subnational governments from the start, plans are grounded in local risk and implemented faster. Colombia opened its NDC process to cities through an open call and regional workshops. Rio Grande do Sul tracks climate action across nearly 450 municipalities in one system. These are mitigation-oriented examples, but the lesson on process applies directly to National Adaptation Plans.
Second, integrated, place-based planning. Adaptation works when climate, water, biodiversity, land use and public health are planned together. Landscape and open-space planning does this in practice.
Third, participation. Local knowledge, including that of communities and residents of informal settlements, makes solutions fit for purpose and accepted.
To scale up, we need systematic data flows from local to national level, and finance that is simple to access and covers project preparation. We invite the NWP to keep subnational knowledge holders at the table in its subregional work. Thank you.
