Social protection

Study assessing the exposure of Brazil’s Social Assistance Reference Centers (CRAS) to flood and landslide risks. By integrating IDCRAS and BATER data, it identifies vulnerable facilities and supports preparedness, contingency planning and DRR.

A paper provides the first global, systematic analysis of adaptive social protection program effectiveness. It finds that when the goal is to prevent deeper poverty, targeting meaningful support to the poorest outperforms spreading the same budget thin.

This working paper examines how social assistance programs can support climate adaptation and nature-based solutions (NbS) in least developed countries (LDCs).

This study uses the ASPIRE tool to evaluate the readiness and effectiveness of social protection systems in Brazil, identifying gaps and opportunities to improve anticipatory measures and climate resilience.

How do we prevent the climate crisis from reversing decades of progress on poverty reduction?

This report examines how governments across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal can better plan and budget for disasters before they strike, setting out practical recommendations for building more responsive social protection systems.

This paper outlines a global assessment of how adaptive social protection can reduce disaster‑related poverty by analysing the balance between expanding coverage and increasing the intensity of support across 131 countries.

This initiative showcases the feasibility of using existing social protection systems to deliver anticipatory action, e.g. by delivering early warning information and anticipatory cash, to address impacts of potential shocks like heatwaves.

This policy guidance paper aims to highlight the critical need for stronger links between early action and social protection systems to safeguard vulnerable populations from the impacts of climate-related disasters.

Serving as a knowledge resource and a practical guide, it provides recommendations for national social protection actors, policy makers, multilateral climate funds, and development organisations on how to embed social protection across climate action.