The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in partnership with the International Coalition on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) and in consultation with local experts and institutions, is pleased to release Gender-Responsive and Socially Inclusive Climate-resilient Infrastructure: A Practitioner’s User Guide on Incorporating Gender (available in English and Bangla), alongside a companion Case Study Booklet and appendices with detailed applications for the transport and energy sectors.

Bangladesh’s coastal towns are increasingly exposed to rising sea levels, salinity intrusion, flooding, erosion, and extreme heat, placing growing pressure on urban infrastructure, ecosystems, and livelihoods. To support more resilient urban development pathways, the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is launching From Vulnerability to Resilience: A Nature-First Approach for Coastal Towns, a climate resilience assessment covering 22 coastal Pourashavas in Bangladesh, including detailed analyses of Bagerhat, Chalna, Morelganj, and Kuakata.

The Knowledge Module on PPPs for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure aims to build the upstream capacity of practitioners to integrate climate resilience into infrastructure PPPs and build a community of Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officers (CRIOs) to facilitate knowledge sharing. 

This Adaptation Insights report addresses how health systems can be made climate resilient to sustain value chains, healthcare services, and access to care. It introduces two complementary conceptual frameworks that provide a systematic basis for identifying disruptions and guiding adaptation. Together, they examine resilience from two perspectives: maintaining healthcare service provision, including facilities and assets, and ensuring sustained access to healthcare for patients, populations, and vulnerable groups, ultimately leading to actionable adaptation strategies.

This report is an independent, end-of-phase evaluation of the “Scaling up Locally Led Adaptation, Nature-based Solutions, and Financing for Adaptation Programme”, conducted by GOPA Meta Meta. The Programme is under the Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP), funded by the FCDO. 

The Climate Resilient Water Services Masterclass is a practical training programme developed by the Global Center on Adaptation, in collaboration with IRC WASH, to strengthen the capacity of water and sanitation professionals to address climate risks in service planning, infrastructure and operations.

This report presents healthcare as a complex system of systems—a network of interdependent components including water, energy, waste, digital and transport services, all susceptible to climate-related hazards. This interconnectedness makes health infrastructure especially vulnerable to climate change, as disruptions in one area can trigger cascading effects across the entire system. By mapping these interdependencies, this report identifies targeted adaptation strategies to prevent such chain reactions and ensure the continuous delivery of healthcare services.

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) supported the African Development Bank’s preparation of the second phase of the Namibia Water Sector Infrastructure Support Program (NWSISPII). The program aims to strengthen water security in Namibia by upgrading, expanding, rehabilitating, and developing climate-resilient water supply infrastructure to improve access, quality, and sustainability of water and sanitation services, while supporting more effective management of water facilities. 

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) provided technical assistance to the World Bank Group which is supervising the Government of Kenya’s implementation of the Kenya Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Program (K-WASH). The program aims to expand sustainable access to climate-resilient water and sanitation services, eliminate open defecation, and improve the financial performance of Water Service Providers across 19 counties, including refugee-hosting counties. GCA’s support focused on strengthening climate resilience in county water sector planning, investment prioritization, and capacity building.