CBA15 closing plenary session (June 18, 2021)
Channel: IIED
Date: 2021-06-21

A full recording of the closing plenary session of the 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15) on 18 June 2021.

Dr. Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), makes closing remarks and there is a recorded speech from the UK's COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth.

Aditya Bahadur, principal researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), moderates a ‘Hard Talk’-style discussion on the five conference themes with panellists:

Obed Koringo - responsive policy (CARE International)
Susan Nanduddu - innovation for adaptation (African Centre for Trade and Development)
Barry Smith - climate finance (IIED)
Alexandra Amrein - nature-based Solutions (GIZ)
Saqib Huq - youth inclusion (ICCCAD)

Jesper Hörnberg, director of Innovation at the Global Resilience Partnership, introduces the winner of the ‘Dragons' Den’ project pitching competition, who is Chikumbutso Kilmbe, vulnerability adviser for the Embassy of Ireland, Malawi, with his proposal for a project to generate biogas from waste.

Huq also moderates a discussion on responses to key conference messages with panellists:

Andrew Jackson - deputy director, FCDO climate and environment department
AzulSchvartzman - Race to Resilience youth fellow
Ashmita Ojha - Mercy Corps
Sarah Nandudu - SDI Uganda

IIED director Andrew Norton presents closing remarks and IIED senior researcher Sam Greene presents final remarks and thank yous.

More details: https://www.iied.org/cba15