Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala opened the 8th international conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA8) in Kathmandu on 27 April.
Around 400 participants from more than 60 countries are attending the event, which aims to explore the latest developments in community-based adaptation financing, planning and best practices.
The opening day included sessions on "Securing finance by mainstreaming adaptation into national government development planning", "Challenges faced by funding agencies supporting local adaptation" and "Building institutional capacity and improving governance to access and spend adaptation finance"
A detailed round-up of the first day of the conference, including discussion and debate, views and videos of the delegates, is available in Storify format.
Further coverage
- A round-up, including participant views, experiences and photos, from the three days of pre-conference CBA8 field trips
- View a gallery of photos from CBA8 on Flickr
- Check the programme of events to help you iidentify the sessions you are most interested in
- Watch a playlist of video daily updates with IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq
- Watch a playlist of video interviews with conference session facilitators and delegates
- Watch a playlist of the films submitted by CBA8 participants that were screened for fellow delegates at the conference