The CLEAR approach: The Consolidated Livelihoods Exercise for Analyzing Resilience

This guide explains the Consolidated Livelihood Exercise for Analyzing Resilience (CLEAR) method and how CLEAR analyses have been used in various countries to inform the design of programmes or policies related to climate risk and food security.

The guide starts with a general overview of the CLEAR approach, before giving a more in-depth step-by-step explanation of the method, and then finishes with concrete examples of how CLEAR has been used by WFP and governments to design programme and policies. CLEAR is an analytical approach developed by WFP to better understand how food security is affected by climate risks. Such risks can include those related to extreme events (such as droughts, floods and cyclones), or to long-term gradual changes (such as shifting rainfall patterns, rising temperatures, or salinity intrusions from sea level rise).

This guide aims to help development practitioners involved in designing, implementing or funding climate-related interventions to understand how a CLEAR analysis can support their work, and how this analysis is carried out.