This paper reviews the available evidence on the role of social protection programmes in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a specific emphasis on economic inclusion for agriculture-dependent households.

In late April 2021, Viet Nam faced its fourth wave of COVID-19, with over 895 000 new cases reported. Between November and December 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented...

Work area: Social Protection and Resilience

Global crises are becoming the new normal. From climate change to the contemporary food price crisis, vulnerable populations – and especially rural people – are facing increasingly difficult odds of flourishing. Such challenges are even...

Forest-dependent people require social protection because they are often poor, geographically, politically and socially marginalized, and vulnerable to a variety of risks and shocks. Forestry and social protection programmes and policies share similar objectives of...