Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi initiated and publicly championed the country’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy Strategy (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, forthcoming). In Bangladesh, climate resilience is reflected in the ruling party’s election manifesto, which has driven the mainstreaming of climate resilience into national development plans. High-level political leadership was also found to be vital in Cambodia, Kenya, The Gambia and Rwanda (Pervin etal.,