This project, spearheaded by the Prakriti Resources Centre (PRC), aims to strengthen Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) in Nepal by leveraging the country’s robust history of community-based planning (such as LAPAs and CAPAs). The initiative focuses on reforming institutional practices to ensure that climate finance is equitable, transparent, and accessible to those most vulnerable to climate change.

At its core, the project utilizes established women’s groups as a strategic entry point. By examining the high levels of trust and mutual accountability that already exist within these grassroots institutions, the project seeks to model a “bottom-up” accountability framework. This approach is designed to challenge and reform traditional bureaucratic processes, ensuring that adaptation funding effectively reaches the local level while empowering communities to hold national and international climate finance actors accountable.

Objectives:

• Strengthen Accountability: Implement bottom-up transparency in climate finance using the ‘360 Approach.’
• Leverage Grassroots Models: Use women’s group governance as a blueprint for Locally Led Adaptation (LLA).
• Empower Advocacy: Enable local groups to influence policy and demand fair funding.
• Generate Evidence: Produce tools and case studies to ensure programs meet local needs.