'Adaptive Social Protection': Synergies for Poverty Reduction

Social protection initiatives in the context of agriculture are unlikely to succeed in reducing poverty if they do not consider the multiple risks and both short- and long-term shocks and stresses associated with climate change and natural disaster. By exploring linkages between climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and social protection in the agricultural sector, IDS researcher's have developed the concept of 'adaptive social protection'. Studying adaptive social protection involves examining the role of social protection in strengthening adaptation and for developing more climate-resilient social protection interventions.