The production of the Nairobi Declaration on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change was the headline news on the fourth and final day of the 9th International Community-Based Adaptation Conference (CBA9) in Nairobi on 30 April.
More than 400 participants from over 90 countries attended the event, which aimed to explore the latest developments in community-based adaptation, particularly with regards to measuring and enhancing effective adaptation.
The fourth day began with a lively debate between Irish Aid's Adrian Fitzgerald and Atiq Rahman on the subject of 'Whose measurement counts?' Fitzgerald and Rahman had very different views on whom monitoring and evaluation activities should ultimately serve, but there was also plenty of enjoyment in a session moderated by Pablo Suarez of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq then took the stage to report on outcomes from the conference to participants, and group delegates also updated colleagues on their own outcomes. This included the Practical Action team pledging to work on technology justice as a lens to specify adaptation measurement, and particpants of the the climate information services session teaming up to produce a report.
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— IIED (@IIED) April 30, 2015Before a series of closing speeches to the conference, including one from His Excellency Joshua Irungu, the governor of Laikipia County, Kenya, Huq read out the Nairobi Declaration on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which states the importance of addressing the needs and interests of the poorest and most vulnerable in international agreements on sustainable development, development finance and climate change.
Finally, there was news of the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation, which will take place in Dhakar, Bangladesh in April 2016. The theme of the conference will be 'Enhancing resilience of urban communities'.
Video interviews with the leaders of each of the sessions on the second day will appear in the playlist at the bottom of this page and on our YouTube channel.
You can see a detailed round-up of the second day of the conference, including discussion and debate, views and videos of the delegates, published via Storify.
Further CBA9 coverage
A round-up, including participant views, experiences and photos, from the three days of pre-conference CBA9 field trips
A summary, including opinions, videos and photos, from the first day of the conference
A round-up from the second day of the conference featuring detailed discussions among delegates and multimedia
A summary of the third day of the conference, including a range of participant views, experiences and photos
Watch a playlist of video daily updates with IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq
Watch a playlist of videos of the speeches from the CBA9 opening ceremony, which can also be seen below
Watch a playlist of interviews with the leaders of the sessions and other delegates during CBA9, reflecting on key messages and lessons learned
View posters that will feature in a 'poster marketplace' summarising projects related to the conference theme. You can see the featured posters on IIED's Pinterest site (log-in required) or IIED's Flickr site
Check the programme of events to help you identify the sessions you are most interested in
See a collection of images from the CBA conference and field trips
Watch a playlist of a series of films being shown in the participatory film session. A programme for the film sessions is also available to download (PDF)
Get individual perspectives on CBA9 from the personal Twitter accounts of IIED's experts attending the event
Subscribe to a Twitter list of CBA9 attendees
Video interviews with session leaders and delegates
Further details of each individual session, and the planned discussions, are available by downloading the CBA9 programme.