CBA8 highlights - day four
Highlights from the fourth and final day of the 8th Annual Community Based Adaptation Conference (CBA8) on financing community-based adaptation to climate change, which took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 24-30 April 2014
Mamadou Honadia from Burkina Faso talking to Camilla Toulmin from UK at CBA8 #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/AMHiPpydpK
Participants getting ready for closing session of CBA8 #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/brkOUWgZRA
Last day of #CBA8 starts soon. First session is a discussion about how to move the financing local adaptation agenda forward @SaleemulHuq.- Phenomenal fun is how Pablo Suarez @RCClimate describes climate games at #CBA8 and asks for more of the same next year. Permission granted!
- Let us be ready and willing to fail but fail faster says #CBA8 participant. Learning from failure book for next CBA asks @SaleemulHuq?
Released @ #CBA8 latest CBA lessons learned publication documenting community experiences for effective adaptation http://bit.ly/1hcuF3f- Pledges from IIED: Continued investment in CBA community of practice and support of LDC's says @CamillaIIED #CBA8
The live stream of the #CBA8 closing ceremony is still available via http://www.cba8.org pic.twitter.com/2Yz6kwfckv
@OscarJGuevara is pledging to provide scientific information for his future work on CBA #CBA8 @WWFColombia pic.twitter.com/Qjp7kJFQff- Pledge from @brandoncwu: to take learning from #CBA8 to the Green Climate Fund as civil society rep to the board
- #CBA8 closing ceremony about to begin. @CamillaIIED @CFigueres to give us their closing remarks. Live streamed via http://cba8.org
- Official launch of Kathmandu Declaration at #CBA8 by @SaleemulHuq..
Good stuff from @CamillaIIED: Adaptation is about reversing power and decision-making. Need to shift money and power globally #CBA8- Honesty, balance and realism needed when discussing role of private sector in community-based adaptation says @CamillaIIED #CBA8
Camilla Toulmin says communities have untapped knowledge and innovation #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/S9inRjnKg4
#CBA8 provides thinkers, implementers, and advocates a platform and opportunity to have more gamechanging talks. pic.twitter.com/fmpceEmDaM- .@CFigueres goes off-script to thank @SaleemulHuq and Atiq Rahman for being 1st to make people think about CBA http://bit.ly/1rN2G0V #CBA8
Christiana Figueres from UNFCCC welcomes the Kathmandu Declaration at CBA8 #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/InXVQfpyuH
@CFigueres suggest #CBA could be taken forward with NAPs and as a part of adaptation framework at closing of #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/t2z4GsYESQ
@CFigueres at #CBA8: While we use our left hand to press for adaptation we need to use our right hand to push for very rapid mitigation- Do more, do more, do more and when you’ve done all you can…do more @CFigueres #CBA8
- .@CFigueres we cannot fail the next generation our failures will be paid for by our children and grandchildren? #CBA8
"Let's not forget #mitigation while adapting to climate change". A very inspiring speech by @CFigueres at #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/uqoSI4VtKv
Ms Figueres #CBA8: Lima @UN_ClimateTalks will be judged by our children on how well it protected them from worst impact of climate change
@CFigueres said: "We cannot fail the next generation" at the closing session of #cba8 conference Kathmandu. #climateaction
Deputy PM of Nepal: the process to access climate funds needs to be simplified. Agreed. @CFigueres @UN_ClimateTalks @adaptationfund #CBA8- And that's the end of our coverage from Nepal. We'll be updating http://cba8.org so keep an eye out. See you in Kenya for CBA9! #CBA8
Thank you all for being here with us in #cba8 Let's resolve to continue working with the communities at risk of #climatechange
Press Meet after closing session of #CBA8 with Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres pic.twitter.com/AuRZJo3G3Q
#Kathmandudeclaration - a vehicle for further dialog to raise awareness #CBA8
"the funds are insufficient but we have to use them in a way that inspires donors" @CFigueres @adaptationfund #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/uLuikRYfrP
Read the speech that @CFigueres gave today at the Community-Based Adaptation conference (PDF): http://ow.ly/wjNrh #CBA8
At Kathmandu launch of the @IIED and @PlanGlobal study on urban risks & children in Asia. download http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/10652IIED.pdf …
Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative partners collaborate at #CBA8 on transparency and local access to funds. pic.twitter.com/ngs31w2f4u
.@IIED and @PlanGlobal report by me and @donaldrmbrown - in Nepali and English at Kathmandu launch pic.twitter.com/ldlB7WzQqc
Great work from @ColinMcQuistan: At #CBA8 talking about RESILIENCE @careintuk @christian_aid @ActionAidUK all share concepts @ppa_learning- NEWS: #CBA8 delegates call for radical shift in finance flows to ensure most vulnerable can adapt to #climatechange - http://www.iied.org/conference-ends-declaration-finance-for-community-based-adaptation-climate-change …
The Kathmandu Declaration makes a series of adaptation finance recommendations --> http://www.iied.org/conference-ends-declaration-finance-for-community-based-adaptation-climate-change … #CBA8 pic.twitter.com/Lh3LnPk6nO- .@CFigueres of @UN_ClimateTalks welcomed the Kathmandu Declaration, saying current adaptation funding was "pathetically insufficient" #CBA8
- Read the full Kathmandu Declaration, announced today --> http://pubs.iied.org/G03787.html #CBA8
Some sharp looking volunteers at #cba8 pic.twitter.com/X9OiOrHcit
