Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) Project
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Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) Project
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About LoGIC Project
Background:
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.
LoGIC will support the most vulnerable 500,000 households based in hard-to-reach areas in 94 unions of 29 Upazila in 9 districts of Bangladesh. By achieving the objectives and results, the project will contribute to the reduction of climate vulnerability and poverty in Bangladesh. During the extension period a project proposal to be designed to submit to Green Climate Fund (GCF) in close collaboration with National Designated Authority (NDA) to harness the international funding for scaling up the model nationwide and to all climate stress areas.
Objective:
Themain 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 main objective of the LoGIC project is improved and inclusive local-levelplanning and a strengthened financing mechanism for community-based climate change adaptation solutions through local governments.
Key Activities:
Capacity strengthening of vulnerable people and local stakeholders for accountable planning and financing on CCA/DRR,
Enhancing access of LGIs and vulnerable households to climate funds,
Strengthen climate-resilient infrastructures,
Promote Climate Adaptive Livelihoods,
Institutionalizing the Climate Resilient Cooperative Model,
Broadening the scope of the Adaptation Innovation Centre and establishing climate risk insurance coverage for livelihood initiatives,
Evidence-based advocacy for financing local resilience.
Key Results:
LoGIC as an innovative climate financing model delivers finance to the most vulnerable people and LGIs with lower transaction costs & higher adaptation benefits. 70% of the project fund is directly invested to the beneficiaries.
LoGIC’s locally led adaptation model has been cited in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and acknowledged in the Mujib Climate Prosperity Report 2030 as the best practice model.
In COP28, LoGIC project achieved the Locally Led Adaptation Championship Award from the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in the category- ‘Innovation in ‘Devolving Finance’, which recognizes the initiatives of LoGIC’s scalable approach to empowering vulnerable communities in the face of climate change.
1.97 million most vulnerable people (56% women) are directly benefitted through LoGIC grants and capacity-building support. LoGIC provided grants to households to create a climate-resilient pathway, and to LGIs to implement community-level Climate Change Adaptation schemes.
LoGIC has developed a Climate Vulnerability Index to be used by the government for allocating resources to the LGIs for climate adaptation.
LoGIC promotes market linkages and the financial inclusion of climate vulnerable households. 42,500 CRF beneficiaries (99% women) opened individual and group bank accounts. The women beneficiaries are leading their own group businesses, empowering them financially and socially.
USD 12.26 million was disbursed to 42,500 selected beneficiaries as financial support (CRF). 100% of CRF beneficiaries are implementing Climate Adaptive Livelihood Options (CALO) and 80% of beneficiaries have gained positive economic benefits.
USD 9.14 million was disbursed to 72 union parishad (FY 21-22) and 19 upazilas (FY 22-23) as PBCRG to implement 915 climate-resilient community-level schemes which benefitted 300,000 people (58% women). 68% of the adaptation schemes are co-financed from different sources.
