CVA, climate and environment CoP – Webinar #3: Social Protection, CVA and Climate Change
Background & Rationale
The disruptive impacts of the climate and environment crisis are set to continue growing in both scale and intensity, likely bringing with it significant adverse systemic, economic, social and political changes in the next few decades. Recent analysis has, for example, estimated that even a 1 degree increase in temperatures would entail up to a 12% decline in global GDP, and a 31% ‘welfare loss’, noting that “these effects are comparable to having a major war fought domestically, forever” (Bilal & Kanzig, 2024)[1]. Social protection can potentially be a critical mechanism in helping populations to address multiple vulnerabilities associated with climate change and environmental degradation, as well as supporting the structural changes required to achieve a green transition.
Climate change and environmental degradation require strategies that not only reduce the frequency and severity of associated shocks (mitigation), and relieve humanitarian needs, but also enable people and communities to better adapt to, manage and recover from the impact of events when they occur. An important relationship here is between CVA and pro-climate social protection. This isn’t a lens that is systematically applied to how these programmes are designed on either side, but it could bring notable benefits. Realizing the full potential of CVA regarding climate change requires a joined-up approach working beyond the usual boundaries and partnerships of humanitarian operations. This includes recognizing the central role of governments.
This webinar will explore the relationships between climate change, CVA, social protection and humanitarian response. Taking a broad approach, it will cover the fundamentals in understanding the functions of social protection in the context of the likely socio-economic impacts of the climate crisis, linkages to humanitarian programming, and a range of potential uses of CVA.
The session will begin with introductory presentations to help understand key concepts and ideas, highlight some recent relevant research and examples, and provide a springboard for a full panel discussion. A framing question the sessions will aim to explore will be how might social protection (systems and programmes) use CVA to provide more effective and coherent support to populations in managing, adapting to and recovering from the impacts of the climate and environmental crisis?
Agenda
| Topic / Content | Presenters/Panelists |
| o Welcome and introduction to the topic – topline SOWC findings on CVA, climate and social protection | CALP |
| Presentation
o Socio-economic impacts of climate change o Social protection – climate change implications and functions o Linking social protection and CVA in addressing climate change – learning/examples/opportunities |
Anna McCord (CCASP)
Sayanti Sengupta (RC Climate Centre) |
| Presentation
o Social protection, climate adaptation and CVA |
Matthew Walsham (FAO) |
| Panel Discussion:
o The short and medium-term future of CVA, social protection and humanitarian interventions in the context of the climate crisis – challenges, changes and opportunities o To include audience Q&A |
Moderators: CALP
Panel (see below – different for Americas/Asia) |
Moderators:
- Céline Sinitzky Billard, Technical Advisor at the CALP Network, focal person on Social Protection and co-lead of the CVA, climate and environment Community of Practice
- Ruth McCormack, Technical Advisor at the CALP Network, Lead on Tracking and co-lead of the CVA, climate and environment Community of Practice
- Michael Belaro, Regional Representative of the CALP Network in Asia Pacific
Presenters and Panellists (more to be added):
- Anna McCord, Co-founder & Lead of Climate Change and Social Protection Research Initiative (CCASP), Independent Consultant in Poverty and Inequality Practice, and Senior Research Associate of ODI(Americas-friendly webinar only)
- Sayanti Sengupta, Technical Advisor at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre; Advisor to the Climate Change and Social Protection Research Initiative (CCASP) and Independent Consultant in Poverty and Inequality Practice
- Matthew Walsham, Social Protection Specialist (Climate), FAO
- Jana Bischler, Technical Officer Social Protection and Climate Change, ILO(Asia-friendly webinar only)
- Elisa Savelli, Regional Water Security and Climate Advisor – MENA/Europe, Mercy Corps (Americas-friendly webinar only)
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)(Asia-friendly webinar only)
Dates
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1) Americas friendly: July 18th, 2024, 3pm BST/UK (10am EST)
2) Asia friendly: July 23rd, 2024, 7am BST/UK
[1] A. Bilal and D.R. Känzig (May 2024) The macroeconomic impact of climate change: global vs. Local temperature, Working Paper 32450, National Bureau of Economic Research: http://www.nber.org/papers/w32450