PM receives GCA Local Adaptation Champions Award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday received the Local Adaptation Cham-pions Award of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) as Bangladesh won the maiden award for its leading role in introducing local adaptation programme to face climate-change impacts, reports BSS.
GCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen today handed over the award to the Prime Minister while paying a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence here.
"Bangladesh has won the award for its leading role in taking locally formulated climate adaptation programme," PM's Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan told a news briefing.
He said the Bangladesh Prime Minister will be in the process of selecting the next awardee according to the rule of GCA as her country won the award this time.
Bangladesh, the first government to receive the global Local Adaptation Champions Award, won in the Innovation in Devolving Finance category for the Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC).
After receiving the award, the Premier said, "I am deeply honored to accept this prestigious award on behalf of the Government and people of Bangladesh, whose unwavering resilience and innovative spirit have always guided us through natural adversities."
"This recognition underscores our commitment to sustainable development and climate resilience, and we are grateful for the Global Center on Adaptation's invaluable support in our journey towards a prosperous and resilient future," she continued.
The Prime Minister informed Verkooijen of the measures taken by her government to counter the climate change impacts.
Quoting the Prime Minister, Nayeemul Islam said," We have established the climate trust fund with our own finances."
The Prime Minister and the CEO of GCA agreed that the developed countries did not comply with their pledges to give their promised money to the climate fund to help the poor countries vulnerable to climate changes.