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Social Protection and Mitigation as part of a Just Transition
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Kirsten Haentzschel
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Recent Activities

Christina Dankmeyer
added a Community announcements
Mon, 23/01/2023 - 16:39
Reposting / New deadline 27/01/23: Consultoría - Análisis de la protección social para una transición justa en Colombia
The ILO Office for the Andean Countries is seeking to contract a consultant or an institution to support them in the assessment of Colombia's social protection system with a focus on relevant programmes to facilitate a just transition...
Christina Dankmeyer
added a Community announcements
Tue, 29/11/2022 - 11:05
3rd general meeting of the Social Protection and Climate Change Working Group - starting now!
Dear members, Following our save the date shared last month, we are now pleased to invite you to our 3rd general meeting of the Social Protection and Climate Change Working Group today, 29 November, from 12-1:30pm CET ( please note the...
Cecilia Costella
added a Community announcements
Tue, 29/11/2022 - 08:49
Socialprotection.org's new podcast on climate change and social protection
In the aftermath of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) and the important debates that followed, this episode discusses the relevance of social protection as an actionable strategy for climate action. https://...
sayanti sengupta
added a Community announcements
Fri, 25/11/2022 - 10:50
Upcoming FAO Session: Social Protection and Inclusive Climate Action
The climate has changed and is continuing to change. Small scale farmers in developing countries are among those that least contribute to climate change, yet they are most negatively impacted by it. Enabling them to adapt to the changing...
Christina Dankmeyer
added a Community document
Fri, 18/11/2022 - 18:42
2 more days to apply! ToRs - Análisis de la protección social para una transición justa en Colombia
The ILO Office for the Andean Countries is seeking to contract a consultant or an institution to support them in the assessment of Colombia's social protection system with a focus on relevant programmes to facilitate a just transition...
Jean-Louis Lambeau
added a Community document
Thu, 17/11/2022 - 09:34
Social protection and climate change: The role of social insurance
This study, launched during the COP27, examines how different actions to address the causes and consequences of climate change can build on the social protection mechanisms identified through a literature review and through the guidance of...
Kirsten Haentzschel
added a Community announcements
Wed, 16/11/2022 - 10:06
COP 27 Side Event: "Making the Transition Just: Protecting people, enabling participation through social protection" - 16 NOV, 13.30 GMT+2
Today on 16 November 2022, Solutions Day at the COP27 Just Transition Pavilion, a panel discussion on social protection for a just transition will take place from 13:30-14:30 (GMT+2), organized with the support of the inter-agency Social...
Carlos Soto
added a Community announcements
Mon, 14/11/2022 - 17:39
COP27 Side Event: "Financing the social protection dimension of climate policies" November 17th 10amAM
When: November 17th 10am (Local time) at IDFC Pavillion and online Live stream Link: https://www.idfc.org/cop27idfc/ Objective of the side event . Considering that social protection in the context of climate change is an investment that...
Stefan Beierl
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Wed, 09/11/2022 - 12:42
COP27 Side Event: "Social Protection as Part of the Global Shield against Climate Risks" on Nov. 12
I would like to draw your attention to the following COP27 side event, taking place on Saturday, 12th of Nov., 13:30-14:30 (Kairo time): No Protection without Social Protection: Social Protection as Part of the Global Shield against...
Christina Dankmeyer
added a Community announcements
Wed, 09/11/2022 - 11:38
COP27 Just Transition Pavilion
Please join us virtually for the launch of the first-ever Just Transition Pavilion at COP today at 1pm CET / 2pm EET (Epygt time)! The Just Transition Pavilion, funded by the European Commission and organised by the ILO, will enable...
sayanti sengupta
added a Community announcements
Mon, 07/11/2022 - 09:50
EU Pavilion COP27 Session on Scaling up anticipatory action
On 9th November, 2023 (4-5 pm Egyptian time/3-4 CET), we will be sharing insights on how the partners Nigerian Red Cross, IFRC, the Climate Centre and UNICEF completed a humanitarian cash distribution triggered by flood forecasts in...
sayanti sengupta
added a Community announcements
Mon, 07/11/2022 - 09:28
New Podcast: Climate change – How can people in poverty be better supported to cope with climate shocks?
A new episode of the Poverty Unpacked podcast is out which seeks to address the question: Climate change: How can people in poverty be better supported to cope with climate shocks? It features Marco (Social Protection Team leader) and Nick...
Carlos Soto
added a Community announcements
Thu, 03/11/2022 - 17:36
COP27 Events: Social protection & climate change
This year at COP, the COP27 Just Transition Pavilion, funded by the European Commission and organized by the ILO, will host discussions and events to spread awareness of the social dimension of climate change ahead of the UNFCCC dialogues...
Daniele Malerba
added a Community document
Wed, 13/07/2022 - 10:26
Climate change and social protection
Climate change is the most pressing challenge of our time. Temperatures have already risen by one degree centigrade, with current projections forecasting an increase of more than three degrees by the end of the century, even if current...
Daniele Malerba
added a Community document
Wed, 13/07/2022 - 10:20
Discussion Paper 6/2022 Just Transitions: A Review of How to Decarbonise Energy Systems While Addressing Poverty and Inequality Reduction
Just transitions are at the centre of the global policy agenda, as recognised (implicitly and explicitly) in the Paris Agreement and the “Glasgow Climate Pact” from COP26. In a broader sense, just transitions reconcile two critical...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community page
Tue, 12/07/2022 - 13:28
Social Protection and Climate Change Financing
This subgroup will focus on strengthening knowledge and understanding on how to ensure social protection financing in a world of increasing climate risks (affecting both needs for social protection systems and posing a challenge for their...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community event
Mon, 11/07/2022 - 09:46
Social Protection and Climate Change Working Group
We would like to invite you to our second general meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, July 13th from 12 to 13:30 (CET). Kindly register for this meeting in advance. Please note that during the meeting you will be invited to choose...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 14:53
Resilience solutions: exploring social protection linkages to forecast-based financing
Climate shocks contribute significantly to the humanitarian burden and lead to poverty and food insecurity; by 2030, climate change could force tens of millions people into extreme poverty (Hallegatte et al., 2016). Social protection...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 14:48
Reaching the poorest and most vulnerable: addressing loss and damage through social protection
A growing scientific evidence reaffirms that slow onset climate events such as desertification, sea level rise and loss of biodiversity will place an increasing number of people at risk of poverty and social marginalization. Establishing...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 14:33
Climate Resilience through Social Protection
Growing climate crises pose civilization-scale threats. Climate risks are already putting livelihoods, people, and ecosystems at risk. They threaten to reverse the gains of development achieved over the last few decades. According to...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 14:26
Scalable and Sustainable: How to Build Anticipatory Capacity into Social Protection Systems
Climate shocks contribute to a significant share of the humanitarian burden, and are a key factor in increasing poverty and food insecurity. Social protection is increasingly recognised as an instrument to help build resilience to climate...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 14:22
Climate-Responsive Social Protection
How can social protection help tackle the impacts of climate change and improve household and community resilience in developing countries? This article sets out the case for more climate-responsive social-protection systems, and proposes...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 13:50
Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel
Sahelian West Africa is a region of high year-to-year climate variability that can significantly impact on communities and livelihoods. Adaptive social protection (ASP) is being introduced in the region to support vulnerable people through...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 13:46
Building resilience to climate risks through social protection: from individualised models to systemic transformation
This article analyses the role of social protection programmes in contributing to people’s resilience to climate risks. Drawing from desk-based and empirical studies in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, it finds that social transfers make a...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 13:40
Building Resilience to Disaster and Climate Change through Social Protection
Natural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 04/07/2022 - 13:35
Seven things to know about managing climate risk
At least 300 natural disasters are reported annually worldwide; most are weather-related. Climate shocks and natural hazards represent a significant part of the global humanitarian burden and hinder poverty eradication. While climate...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community event
Tue, 28/06/2022 - 08:06
Advisory Group - USP 2030 WG "SP & CC"
Community of Practice Subgroups and subtopics Upcoming WG meeting (zoom) COP Cairo
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:13
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection
This brief gives an overview of the different climate-related hazards that urban spaces are at risk from and explains why social protection (SP) can be effective in addressing these risks. This is the first brief from the ‘Urban climate...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:12
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection - short case studies
This brief gives an overview of different country case studies where social protection (SP) systems have been used to address risks arising from climate-related hazards in urban spaces. It also explores how the existing SP systems in...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:10
Social protection for extreme temperatures - Experiences from the UK, USA and France - Short Case Studies
Climate risks related to extreme temperatures in urban areas have seldom been studied, and their impacts on the most vulnerable people are not always considered in disaster response or social protection (SP) programmes. To understand how...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:09
Social protection for extreme temperatures: Experiences from the UK, USA and France
Climate risks related to extreme temperatures in urban areas have seldom been studied, and their impacts on the most vulnerable people are not always considered in disaster response or social protection (SP) programmes. To understand how...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:08
Social protection for climate-induced loss and damage: Priority areas for increasing capacity and investment in developing countries
The Technical Expert Group on Comprehensive Risk Management (TEG-CRM) – established in 2019 under the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM) – developed its Plan of Action (PoA)1 as...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:06
Social protection as an enabler in scaling up Forecast-based Financing using Impact-based Forecasting
The UK Met Office is working in partnership with the World Bank on the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) aid-funded programme: Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARRCC). Having started in 2018, this four...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 12:01
Scaling social protection in Nepal - From hypotheses to reality
This exploratory brief has been developed as part of the ongoing support that the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre is providing to the UK Met Office for the Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARRCC) programme. The brief...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 11:59
Linking Forecast-based Financing and social protection: Why should National Societies care?
This advocacy brief aims to provide National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with an overview of how linking Forecast-based Financing (FbF)1 and social protection (SP) approaches can help in early action and preparedness. It showcases...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Wed, 22/06/2022 - 11:57
Climate change, intersecting disasters and social protection: How the COVID-19 experience can prepare us for the future
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold around the world, the impacts of climate change-related shocks are leading to intersecting disasters. Throughout these crises, social protection (SP) tools have emerged as important instruments...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 14:43
Does climate change require us to rethink social protection?
Climate change is already impacting the lives of people worldwide, and its effects will pose a severe threat to the achievement of sustainable development objectives going forward, as the latest IPCC report highlights. This has significant...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community event
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 12:13
Advisory Group - USP2030 WG "SP & CC"
Agenda (tentative): Updates and welcomes Community of practice (socialprotection.org) Workplan 2022 Secretariat and the next mailing AOB Next steps
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community discussion
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 09:56
Just Transition
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community discussion
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 09:56
Social Protection and Climate Change Financing
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community discussion
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 09:55
Climate Mitigation
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community discussion
Tue, 31/05/2022 - 09:54
Climate Adaption
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:47
Social Protection and Labor: A Key Enabler for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
This paper reviews the role of Social Protection and Labor in supporting both climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. The Climate Crisis is impacting the poor and vulnerable disproportionally, both as a consequence of climate shocks and...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:45
Social Protection and Climate Change: Greener Economies and Just Societies
Around the globe, climate change is affecting people’s lives. Higher temperatures, droughts, flooding, sea level rise and other extreme weather events pose significant challenges to individual livelihoods and national economies. Whether...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:41
User’s manual to the ILO’s Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
This user’s manual was prepared with the objective of encouraging and assisting workers’ organizations to engage in policy discussions at all levels in shaping just transition, including in the implementation of the Nationally Determined...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:40
The Untapped Potential of Global Climate Funds for Investing in Social Protection
Social protection plays a central role in achieving several of the social and environmental goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a result, this policy area is gaining increased recognition at the nexus of global climate...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:21
Social protection and climate change: scaling up ambition
Climate change, once perceived as a long-term environmental issue, is now an immediate threat to safety and prosperity, especially for the most vulnerable people that are hit hardest by increasing weather extremes. There is pressing need...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Mon, 02/05/2022 - 07:18
Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
Following the decision of the Governing Body, the Office convened the Tripartite Meeting of Experts1 from 5–9 October 2015 to: review, amend and adopt draft guidelines based on a compilation and thorough review by the Office of experiences...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Fri, 29/04/2022 - 15:06
Concept note Social Protection and Climate Change
Social protection2 aims to provide coverage against essential risks over the course of a person's life3 . It is a fundamental human right and its implementation worldwide is a major social achievement of the twentieth century – yet at the...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community document
Fri, 29/04/2022 - 15:00
Summary Brief Social protection and climate change - scaling up ambition
Climate change, once perceived as a long-term environmental issue, is now an immediate threat to safety and prosperity, especially for the most vulnerable people that are hit hardest by increasing weather extremes. The impacts cannot be...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community page
Fri, 29/04/2022 - 09:43
Social Protection and Adaptation - to include both sudden and slow onset
This subgroup will focus on enhancing knowledge and information on topics like social protection’s role in adaptation efforts, current experiences and best practices across countries in using social protection systems for climate risk...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community page
Fri, 29/04/2022 - 09:43
Social Protection and Mitigation as part of a Just Transition
This subgroup will focus on coordinating knowledge and policy guidance on how social protection can contribute to climate change mitigation and its role to enable a just transition. In particular, this will include how to incentivize...
Valentin Schinnerl
added a Community announcements
Thu, 28/04/2022 - 14:32
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This online community is meant to serve as a hub for knowledge exchange, dialogue and engagement on topics at the intersection of social protection and climate change. In sub-groups, concrete activities are carried out on specific sub-...

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