Bangladesh gets GCA Local Adaptation Champions Award

Bangladesh has won the Local Adaptation Champions Award of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) for its leading role in introducing local adaptation programme to face climate change impacts.

GCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen handed over the award to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while paying a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence on Tuesday.

Bangladesh won the award in the innovation in devolving finance category for the Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC).

The GCA has proposed to build an iconic nature-based floating office adjacent to Dhaka likewise as its office at Rotterdam in Netherlands which drew global appreciation due to its uniqueness.

The Prime Minister suggested to consider areas outside Dhaka, including Kutubdia, to build the office.

Verkooijen appreciated the role of the Prime Minister in climate change and locally developed adaptation programme to face the climate change.