Building resilience to disaster and climate change through social protection

This synthesis note is part of a toolkit aimed to provide guidance on how to prepare social protection programs to respond to disasters and climate change. It presents snapshots of good practice experiences and practical tips for implementation that are intended to guide decision makers in countries facing these risks in adapting their social protection programs to reduce negative impacts and accelerate recovery.

The toolkit offers guidance on both ex-ante and ex-post social protection measures to mitigate and reduce the impact of disasters and climate change and to accelerate recovery. It is not intended to guide relief efforts immediately after a disaster. Instead, it seeks to help prepare programs to respond before a disaster occurs and to contribute to a more agile transition from relief to recovery after a disaster. Especially in the relief phase, some functions are covered by the humanitarian sector as well as by the national civil protection systems.