CBA10: Highlights from Day 1
After three days of field trips, participants returned for the first day of the conference. The packed agenda for the day included an opening ceremony, two plenary sessions, three parallel sessions and a game. We even had time for a traditional theatre performance...
- We provide a whistle-stop tour of day one below, with highlights and session round-ups, starting with the opening ceremony. Drum roll please....
- Director @andynortondev is among the IIED staff at #CBA10 in Dhaka. Follow them all via http://www.iied.org/cba10-twitter https://twitter.com/andynortondev/status/724438874416508932 …
- Watch Dr Saleemul Huq as he provides a preview of what participants can expect over the four days...
- ICYMI: Here's @SaleemulHuq previewing the #CBA10 conference last night after the end of the field trips --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-M01L8fhpM …
- IIED director @andynortondev pays tribute to "extraordinary indefatigable" role played by @SaleemulHuq at #CBA10 https://twitter.com/ICCCAD/status/724451585644965888 …
- "We must have a positive view of people's capacity " says .@andynortondev .@IIED #CBA10 pic.twitter.com/19EtgKB6a5
- Great presentation from Ruby. CBA needs supportive local govts and organized urban poor. examples from Philippines https://twitter.com/nehamathew/status/724456343810138112 …
- So with CBA10 now officially opened, it was over to the first plenary of the day, focusing on experiences of building community participation in urban CBA
- And applause greets the news that @BangkokDi is leading an all-female panel #CBA10 https://twitter.com/nehamathew/status/724465942109908992 …
- "People have to be the author of both #development and #adaptation plans. Put people at the centre!" - Chime, Bhutan #CBA10
- While the #CBA10 delegates are having a break, preparations continue for the Pot Gan performance tonight https://twitter.com/JoanneCJordan/status/724490607297740800 …
- After lunch, participants had the choice of three different parallel sessions. A busy afternoon ahead...
- ...and local government & #urban community-based adaptation - this one is being led by IIED's @Dsatterthwaite and @BangkokDi #CBA10
- And we're in the session on building adaptive capacity: role of large businesses in community resilience #CBA10 https://twitter.com/WEDO_worldwide/status/724518145386401792 …
- Business & NGOs must speak the same language to progress, says @Samantha_Lacey: have to take policy language & put in business speak #CBA10
- During a break for group discussions, read how a push to ward off Dhaka slum disasters deters early marriage #CBA10 https://twitter.com/bebraced/status/724530195751964672 …
- IIED director Andrew Norton provided updates from the session on local government and urban CBA..
- .@andynortondev is tweeting from the local govt and #urban community-based adaptation session just mentioned #CBA10 https://twitter.com/andynortondev/status/724515362222575616 …
- have to remember for urban local #adaptation that a lot of local govts don't really like urban informal settlements @Dsatterthwaite
- 2/2Poor urban dwellers face great limits on what they can do without support from local govt (e.g. drainage infrastructure) @Dsatterthwaite
Listen to @IIED's @Dsatterthwaite on #urban community-based #adaptation: http://buff.ly/1NsvMSa #CBA10 @ICCCAD pic.twitter.com/y3DSxuBanc- While ICCCAD were at the session on disaster risk reduction...
Asking why #DRR and #adaptation should be linked even though they are different #cba10 pic.twitter.com/GzI8rASNfU
#DRR woefully underfunded say @swajones via @guardian #CBA10 http://goo.gl/khHGXA pic.twitter.com/is3PAswgqx
To coincide with #CBA10, the @DhakaTribune is this week running a daily page focusing on #climatechange stories pic.twitter.com/R6O8I86wun- Then it was time for a well deserved tea break and opportunity to network with delegates from over 90 countries to share experiences and challenges to enhancing urban community resilience...
- It's time for a break at #CBA10. We'll resume with a session on learning from failure with @RCClimate at around 4.40pm (11.40am UK time)
- The final, highly interactive session encouraged delegates to share failures and work how we can learn from them. This session was held on day one to allow participants to share failures more openly in the coming days...
- Now at #CBA10, @RCClimate lead delegates down a Slough of Despond, in a bid to learn from our failures... https://twitter.com/ICCCAD/status/724553203728019456 …
- #CBA10 participants enjoying the game session and learning as well pic.twitter.com/QPcSgW8pUT
- It could be despressing. @RCClimate make sure it's as valuable as it is fun! #CBA10
- VINE: The fun activity has a serious side as delegates evaluate the different measures of success & failure - https://vine.co/v/iUjePKOQTuq #CBA10
- The day concluded with a local 'Pot gan' (a traditional folk performance, featuring melody, drama, pictures and dancing) to communicate the lived experience of climate change in Dhaka.
Follow my live tweets from #GDIpotgan performance @cba10 today at 6:30pm (Dhaka time) @SaleemulHuq @GlobalDevInst pic.twitter.com/ejOCrNH1NC- The lived experience of #climatechange communicated through a traditional potgan #GDIpotgan #CBA10 pic.twitter.com/k9MLJ3xhfx
- The audience is enjoying the pot-gaan research into by drama communications at #CBA10 pic.twitter.com/JWUbLz3U2e
- #GDIpotgan 'In a village named Ilsha on the shores of Meghna River. A few hundred thousand people lived there...' @GlobalDevInst #CBA10
- #GDIpotgan‘What difference is there between living in our homes and living outdoors when the floor of our homes is filled with water?’#CBA10
- #GDIpotgan 'Now that that I have arrived in Dhaka city… my hopes and dreams will come true. @GlobalDevInst #CBA10
- The Pot gan was followed by dinner and networking to celebrate the 10th anniversary of CBA....
