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...

The aim of this publication is to examine the project “Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh” (ECOFISH-BD). This is a Payment for Ecosystem Services programme that focuses on establishing “collaborative science-based...