CBA10: field trips
Before the formal start of the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10), delegates had the opportunity to go on a series of field trips to experience Dhaka and the climate change challenges it faces, and see the actions communities are taking in response...
- Before embarking on the three days of field trips, CBA10 participants were given a briefing about what they would see and experience throughout Dhaka
- The first day of field trips saw delegates visit Gazipur to meet community leaders and learn about community waste management systems. To add to the drama, there was also a fire demonstration and community play...
- Learning from the president of the CDC #cba10 pic.twitter.com/omdf43umE2
- Also on the first day, historic preservation volunteers took a group of delegates on a special tour of Dhaka with the mission to better understand the urban city in which they are staying...
- The second day saw delegates meet schoolchildren to learn how they are being taught about the impacts of climate change, and how they in turn are teaching others in their community...
- The final day of field trips saw a separate group of CBA10 participants embark on a similar trip to the previous day. However, they visited different a school and other community groups, showing the extent of the work taking place in Dhaka...
- First we need to teach children their rights and then educate on #climatechange @SCinBD #cba10 pic.twitter.com/1VVLQQXgYo
- #CBA10 delegates inspecting a carbon sink rooftop garden in Dhaka run in partnership with @irbangladesh https://twitter.com/ICCCAD/status/724182079601143808 …
- For more details on CBA10, see iied.org/CBA10.