Bangladesh is one of the top climate-vulnerable countries in the world. It is exposed to many climate-induced slow onsets and rapid extreme-weather events, such as increased salinity and cyclones in the coastal areas, endured floods and droughts and erratic rainfall.

Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) project is a multi-donor collaborative initiative by GoB, UNDP, UNCDF, European Union (EU), Sweden and Denmark. It aims to enhance the capacity of vulnerable communities, Local Government Institutions and civil society organizations for planning and ﬁnancing climate change adaptation solutions in selected climate-vulnerable areas.

The main objective of the LoGIC project is improved and inclusive local-level planning and a strengthened financing mechanism for community-based climate change adaptation solutions through local governments.

The project intends to enhance the capacity of vulnerable communities, LGI and CSOs for planning and financing climate change adaptation solutions in the selected climate-vulnerable districts in coastal areas, wetlands, CHT and flood-prone areas.

LoGIC has enhanced capacity of local governments and vulnerable communities for facilitating locally-led adaptation planning and financing, which will enable local governments, civil society, and vulnerable communities (through climate resilient cooperatives) to build long-term local resilience to climate change impacts.

LoGIC has established a financing mechanism for vulnerable households for implementing climate-adaptive livelihoods, which will enable vulnerable communities, especially women, to build immediate-term resilience to climate change impacts.

LoGIC has established a performance-based financing mechanism for local governments for implementing community adaptation schemes, which will enhance access to climate finance at the local level and investments in resilience-building for priority sectors.

LoGIC has strengthened national and local level governance and policy frameworks for local-level adaptation planning and financing, which will enhance institutional adaptive capacity and local-to-national linkages.

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About LoGIC

Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) is a multi-donor collaborative initiative of GoB, UNDP, UNCDF, European Union (EU), Sweden and Denmark. It aims to enhance the capacity of vulnerable communities, Local Government Institutions and civil society organizations for planning and ﬁnancing climate change adaptation solutions in selected climate-vulnerable areas. This project was initially designed for 4 years and based on an independent assessment and success of initial results; the project was extended up to June 30, 2023, for 2 years. To sustain the results and scale up the LoGIC model nationally to innovate and institutionalize the climate financing model across Bangladesh for further two years from June 2023 to June 2025, also extended the project working area in two districts of the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), Rangamati and Bandarban. The local Government Division is the implementing lead of the project in partnership with UNDP and UNCDF.

What WE DO

Supporting approximately 500,000 vulnerable households in 94 Unions in nine districts in Bangladesh through Climate Change Adaptation actions.

Capacity Development

Strengthened the skills of vulnerable individuals and local stakeholders to ensure responsible planning and funding of climate change adaptation initiatives for enhanced resilience.

Community Resilience Fund

Enhanced the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate change by establishing a community-based financing mechanism to support effective climate adaptive livelihood

Performance Based Climate Resilience Grants

To enhance access to climate finance at the local level and investments in resilience-building for priority sectors.

Advocacy

Established evidence-based advocacy for a mechanism for "financing local resilience".

News and Events

LoGIC Project Maps Out 2024 Strategies in Annual Planning Workshop

Pioneering Efforts to Enhance Climate Resilience in Bangladesh

UNDP and Economic Relations Division Signed Agreement to Extend Partnership with LoGIC Project

LoGIC Project Wins GCA Award at COP28 for Local Climate Leadership

Sweden Renews Commitment to Climate Resilience in Bangladesh with LoGIC Project

Bridging Phase & Mid-Year Planning Workshop: LoGIC Project

LoGIC AT A GLANCE

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People (56% woman) have reduced climate vulnerabilities from 322,486 households

Vulnerable woman transformed into adaptation change agent

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Included Risk Reduction Action Plans (PRAP) in their annual and five-year development plans

Climate Resilient Cooperatives are implementing 14 types of green enterprises

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Were facilitated guidelines to prepare Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA)

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Beneficiaries are women who are high vulnerable to climate change

Ward-level climate resilient cooperatives have been formed & registered with Cooperative Department.

Vulnerable households are supported by sheep insurance to enhance livestock resilience & portection.

Women beneficiaries gained financial inclusion through mobile wallets

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Total ground investment ( CRF-12.26 & PBCRG-8.96) to climate vulnerable households and LGIs for adaptation actions.

Climate resilient community-level schemes

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Green energy through 100nature based community-level schemes

Climate vulnerable youths engaged in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) initiatives

Groups were formed by the youths at Ward level

How WE WORK

The project envisages a twofold sustainability of efforts beyond its stipulated life.

Community Risks Assessment

CRA is a participatory process for assessing hazards, vulnerabilities, risks, ability to cope, preparing coping strategies and finally preparing a risk reduction options implementation plan by the local community.

Community Resilient Fund

CRF is to provide small-scale, household adaptation grants to vulnerable households in high climate risk wards to enable the households to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction activities that will result in immediate benefits for the households’ livelihoods.

Performance Based Climate Resilient Grants

PBCRG is a financing mechanism for local government action on climate change adaptation that was developed within the framework of UNCDF’s global Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) project.

Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) Project