The FCDO has taken a number of encouraging steps to address the impact of climate change in vulnerable countries such as the “Race to Resilience” campaign, the Adaptation Action Coalition, backing the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) and signing up to the “Principles for Locally-Led Adaptation”. Furthermore, the FCDO has introduced a rule requiring all new FCDO programming to align with the Paris Agreement “to ensure that no environmental ...

The FCDO has taken a number of encouraging steps to address the impact of climate change in vulnerable countries such as the “Race to Resilience” campaign, the Adaptation Action Coalition, backing the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) and signing up to the “Principles for Locally-Led Adaptation”. Furthermore, the FCDO has introduced a rule requiring all new FCDO programming to align with the Paris Agreement “to ensure that no environmental harm is done.”190 Type: conclusion | Number: 93 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: The UK has a strong track record of promoting community-based or locally-led adaptation through previous programmes such as the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED, 2014–2019) which supported the establishment of County Climate Change funds in Kenya and vario