Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently received the Local Adaptation Champions Award of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) as Bangladesh won the maiden award for its leading role in introducing local adaptation program to face climate change impacts.
GCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen 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 program," 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."
