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Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work to promote social protection as a key part of climate risk management, helping vulnerable countries and communities to develop resilience and avoid long-term damage from climate impacts and other threats.

Learn more about urban social protection during the COVID-19 pandemic

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A line of people wearing masks, spaced apart, wait for a man dressed in full protective clothing pointing a temperature gun to test for COVID-19.

How far can non-state relief reach?

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The Rajasthan Mahila Kaamgar Union: providing relief during COVID-19

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The significance of community savings groups in informal settlements in Zimbabwe during COVID-19

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Rent as social protection: thinking through housing insecurities experienced by domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Informal housing block with children playing in front

Precarities of informal rental housing during the pandemic: interview with a domestic workers’ union in India

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Improving social protection for low income and informal settlements: reflections from the pandemic

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A man, weariug a mask, bends over a piece of furniture he is making outside his house.

How COVID-19 affected informal livelihoods in Harare

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The Delhi Coordinated Relief network: lessons from COVID-19

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A group of women who are socially distanced and wearing protective masks, sit on benches and the grass.

Securing social protection for informal workers in Jaipur during COVID-19: lessons from a labour union

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Tackling climate change loss and damage by strengthening anticipatory risk response under social protection programmes

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Uganda readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Senegal readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Malawi readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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India readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Ghana readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Ethiopia readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Bangladesh readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Publication, 28 October 2023

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Filling in the gaps - how Delhi organisations provided food relief during COVID-19: Make Change Happen podcast episode 24

Article, 18 October 2023

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Launch event: Anticipatory Social Protection Index for Resilience (ASPIRE)

Event on 30 October 2023

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Anticipatory Social Protection Index for Resilience — ASPIRE

Publication, 29 October 2023

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Delivering anticipatory social protection: country readiness assessment

Publication, 29 October 2023

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Social protection that works for cities: lessons from the pandemic

Event on 31 October 2023

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Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate

Press release, 13 September 2023

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Sinking islands, rising debts: urgent need for new financial compact for Small Island Developing States

Publication, 13 September 2023

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