Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to weather shocks and ecosystem decline. Traditionally, farmers have adapted to climate variability and extremes through various risk management strategies, either individually or cooperatively. However, climate change amplifies the frequency and...

Social protection plays a central role in achieving several of the social and environmental goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a result, this policy area is gaining increased recognition at the nexus of global climate change and development debates. Various social...

This discussion paper aims to further awareness of opportunities to address loss and damage caused by climate change-related slow onset events (SOEs) through social protection. The analysis is based on a review of interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical literature. The findings suggest that...

This study analyses how strengths and weaknesses of economic, societal, political and environmental structures played out during the Covid-19 crisis in Africa since March 2020. Its main aim is to improve evidence on the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on African countries and, based...

Ländliche Gemeinschaften sind besonders anfällig für Wetterschwankungen und die Zerstörung von Ökosystemen. Bisher haben sich Landwirt*innen entweder allein oder gemeinschaftlich durch verschiedene Risikomanagement-Strategien an Klimaschwankungen und Wetterextreme angepasst. Der Klimawandel...

Soziale Sicherung spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Erreichung mehrerer sozial- und umweltbezogener Ziele der Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Daher gewinnt dieser Ansatz in den internationalen Debatten an der Schnittstelle von Klimawandel und Entwicklung zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dabei...