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Understanding linkages and possibilities for coordinated actions between social protection and climate change adaptation and disaster preparation, response and recovery actions. Setting the background: understanding the impact of climate change on the rural poor Global evidence suggests that around 80 per cent of the world poor live in rural areas, and 76 per cent rely on small-scale agriculture and natural resources for their livelihoods (De La O Campos et al. 2018; World Bank 2016). The rural poor are thus considered to be the major custodians of the world’s natural resources (FAO 2021). A high dependency of their livelihoods on land, forests, pastures, water and even specific weather conditions leads to high vulnerability of the rural poor to...Read more