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Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) is a UK-government funded programme which aims to increase the resilience of up to 5 million people. The BRACED Knowledge Manager generates evidence and learning on resilience and adaptation in partnership with the BRACED projects and the wider resilience community. It gathers robust evidence of what works to strengthen resilience to climate extremes and disasters, and initiates and supports processes to ensure that evidence is put into use in policy and programmes. This brief summarises findings from three country studies (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda) that analyse the role of social protection programmes in building resilience to climate-related shocks and stresses. Key Policy Messages: Resilience Objectives Alone are Not Enough. To have an impact, there is a need to translate resilience objectives into the design of programmes, and to back them up with the necessary investments in institutional capacity to ensure effective delivery. A healthy dose of realism is required. Expectations of what single social protection programmes can or cannot do to build resilience need to be realistic, particularly in terms of the timeframes required to build programmes capacity to deliver outputs well. Even well-established, large-scale social protection programmes wont lead to sustainable resilience outcomes unless complementary interventions are provided as part of a national effort to build sustainable livelihoods. It's Not Just About Climate.Vulnerability is multidimensional and the poor are exposed to a range of risks that go beyond climate shocks. Programmes that aim to build resilience need to apply a comprehensive approach to reducing risks, which include slow-onset changes related to the climate as well as social, economic and health risks.
Author Analytic
Slater, Rachel; Martina Ulrichs
Author Combination
Slater, Rachel; Martina Ulrichs
Call Number
154.S5.H6 (VF) (ELQ RC Annex)
Date of Publication
2017 Feb.
Keywords
Ecology ; Natural Disasters ; Disaster Recovery ; Social Factors ; Developing Countries' Problems ;
Location URL
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/11305.pdf
Notes
Last accessed online on 2017 Feb. 24 BRACED Policy Brief
Title Combination
HOW DOES SOCIAL PROTECTION BUILD RESILIENCE?
Title Analytic
HOW DOES SOCIAL PROTECTION BUILD RESILIENCE?
Workform
Unpublished_Work
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