Welcome to the Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) Platform
The LLCA Platform is a space where we gather relevant research, evidence, and knowledge around Locally Led Climate Action. The platform highlights the work of various organizations and initiatives that work on locally led efforts to climate action to create a centralized space to exchange knowledge and learning.
This LLCA Platform is an initiative of the Social Dimensions of Climate Change team at the World Bank.
What happens when climate finance is put directly into the hands of local communities? The Financing Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) program – pioneered by the Government of Kenya with support from the World Bank and partners – shows just how transformative the results can be.
This short film takes you inside villages and counties across Kenya, where communities are tackling water scarcity, food insecurity, flooding, and environmental degradation through projects they themselves identified and designed. From solar dryers that improve coffee quality, to fish farming for nutrition and income, to rehabilitating flood-prone rivers, FLLoCA is reshaping lives and landscapes.
Unlike traditional top-down approaches, FLLoCA ensures that resources flow directly to county governments and local committees, empowering people to drive solutions that respond to their own climate realities. With investments in water, climate-smart agriculture, disaster risk management, ecosystem restoration, and renewable energy, the program is helping build resilience while creating jobs and strengthening food security.
Watch the video to see how communities are turning climate challenges into opportunities – and why FLLoCA is becoming a model for climate action that is not only locally led, but also locally owned.
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Discover how community deliberation can transform local climate action! This policy paper reveals that engaging citizens in group decision-making significantly boosts support for climate adaptation and mitigation, far beyond the impact of information alone. Explore actionable recommendations for empowering communities and tailoring climate strategies to local needs, driving real change at the grassroots level. Learn more
The Global Environment Facility approved the Global Microfinance Initiative (GMI) for locally led action in June 2025. This initiative will strengthen the ecosystem for microfinance in seven countries and generate tailored financial solutions for local climate and nature needs, leading to greater bottom-up leadership and multidimensional resilience.
The Global Microfinance Initiative is designed to improve access to finance for households, small businesses, and entrepreneurs seeking to address their environmental vulnerabilities and explore new opportunities within the just transition. To do this, the initiative will support microfinance institutions operating in the target countries, providing training on the design and roll-out of innovative financial products. Policy dialogues with governments will be key to align incentives, protect consumers, and ensure integration of climate and nature priorities within financial inclusion frameworks.
Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Türkiye
Implementing agency: World Bank
GEF financing: $10 million, Co-financing: $1.5 billion
Learn more | Read the Program Document
Join us for an engaging webinar as we delve into the evolving landscape of climate policy and finance. With significant global changes underway, multilateral development banks (MDBs) and other donors are stepping up to play a pivotal role. Discover how innovative approaches and programs are being scaled nationally to promote locally led climate action, empowering communities to build resilient and low-carbon solutions. During the webinar, the World Bank will launch its operational approach for locally led climate action, and we will discuss key challenges, and uncover opportunities to drive progress in climate mitigation and adaptation.
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Transitioning away from coal towards affordable, reliable, and clean energy sources is urgent and essential for fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement. Yet this process, if not designed with inclusion and justice in mind, can have unintended, negative consequences for marginalized groups and communities whose livelihoods and identities have long been shaped by the sector. LLCA approaches can offer valuable insights for supporting socially sustainable, just coal transitions. In this webinar, we will discuss what actions can be undertaken at the earliest stages of preparing for a just transition, to ensure that transition decision-making is inclusive and benefits are shared across society. We will hear country examples on meaningful community engagement and participation, as well as trust and coalition-building to support effective bottom-up planning and action.
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Locally Led Climate Action: A World Bank Operational Approach
This note sets out a vision and agenda for the World Bank on Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) as an operational approach that builds from global experience, in addition to World Bank experience, to accelerate the integration of locally led mitigation and adaptation at scale. As an approach, LLCA aims to increase the share of finance received and managed by local actors, strengthen inclusive and participatory processes and decision-making over investments at all levels of governance, inform investments by local knowledge and climate science, and build the capacity, accountability, and transparency of institutions for sustainable low-carbon and resilient development. Download
Strengthening Local Climate Action: Inaugural Community Climate Forum in Kyrgyzstan
The inaugural Community Climate Forum in Bishkek, hosted by the Government of Kyrgyzstan, the World Bank, and ARIS, brought together local leaders, youth, women, and international partners to enhance climate action at the community level. The event showcased local initiatives like energy efficiency and climate-smart agriculture, emphasizing the critical role of community engagement in climate adaptation and mitigation. Insights from the forum will help shape the World Bank’s upcoming Country Climate and Development Report for Kyrgyzstan. Watch a recap
Empowering Climate-Resilient Communities: A Collaborative Initiative for Sustainable Village Development in Indonesia
The Climate Resilient Village Action Collaboration, launched in Bali, is a national initiative to empower villages and communities in their fight against climate change. Through a unique partnership across multiple government agencies, this program aims to build sustainable and resilient communities by fostering collaboration, integrating climate strategies into local development plans, and sharing insights on best practices. A key focus is on inclusive planning, ensuring that marginalized groups, women, and indigenous peoples play an active role in shaping their climate-resilient future.
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Recording: Building Resilient Communities – Scaling Locally Led Climate Action through Community-Driven Programs
Join us for the launch of our new webinar series on Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA)! For this webinar, we will explore how the World Bank's operational approach for community driven and local development provides a unique entry point for scaling up LLCA. We will share highlights from the recently completed toolkit on integrating climate considerations in such programs. The webinar will feature experiences from East Asia and Africa. Watch the recording English | French
Toolkit: Integrating Climate Change Considerations into the CLD Sub-Project Investment Cycle
The CLD toolkit is designed to support local governments, communities, and other local stakeholders that are most affected by climate change by integrating climate considerations into the Community and Local Development (CLD) sub-project investment cycle. It emphasizes participatory climate risk assessments, resilience planning, and the inclusion of indigenous knowledge alongside climate science. The toolkit aims to enhance the capacity of local communities and institutions to understand and address climate risks, ensuring that investments do not exacerbate vulnerabilities and are aligned with local, regional, and national climate strategies. Download
Social Dimensions of Climate Change in Indonesia
Explore how locally led action is driving climate resilience in Indonesia! This report highlights the critical role of local communities, knowledge, and governance in tackling climate impacts, ensuring the most vulnerable are empowered to adapt and thrive. Read the executive summary | Download the report
Scaling up locally-led climate action in Cambodia
Gain practical and cutting edge insights from the Cambodian experience of locally-led climate action with this new report.
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FLLOCA: How Kenya is moving towards Locally Led Climate Action
Read this insightful blog by the World Banks Margaret Arnold and Nicholas Soikan that highlights Kenya’s Financing Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) program. Learn more
Launching the LLCA platform at COP 28
Watch to learn more about the World Bank’s results surrounding Locally Led Climate action operations. This event, which took place during COP 28 in December 2023 looks at various efforts across the Bank to scale LLCA. Watch the recording
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