Community-based adaptation is important for climate change mitigation. The involvement of communities to cope with climate change’s adverse effects is necessary. Government shows interest to work in the local level in “Seventh International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change”- mentioned Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow of International Institute for Environment and Development-iied.  “To make a remarkable change in the process of adaptation and mitigation in climate change, climate justice is the first and foremost need”-said Mary Robinson, President of Mari Robinson foundation and the chief guest of the closing program of seventh CBA conference. To make successful change in adaptation government involvement in local level is very urgent need. By identifying that need, Nepal government has decided to contribute 80% of the climate change fund in the community level. And they are working out to develop an appropriate distribution process. Mr. Ajay Dixit, Executive Director of Institute for Social and Environment Transition-Nepal talked about that initiative in his country.
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