Author: Barbara Rohregger
Climate change is significantly altering and exacerbating individual and collective risks and their impacts. These impacts concern everyone across the globe but are particularly felt by the most vulnerable population groups in low-income countries who are disproportionally exposed to climate related risks. Over the last 10 years the concept of adaptive social protection has gained increasing momentum in the global development discourse. This analysis argues that the narrow view of adaptive social protection tends to obscure the full potential of social protection in addressing climate risks, while ignoring the underlying more systemic inequalities and risks of climate change.
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