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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
IASC Consultations on the
Humanitarian Impact of Climate change
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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Working for Climate-Resilient communities
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Key Findings
 CC posing new extraordinary challenges to national Govts and communities
 Threatens to undermine hard-won gains in the fight against poverty and hunger
 Gaps in communication, coordination, information and knowledge
 Dev-Hum divide, again?
 Need for coherence, integration and mainstreaming
 CCA can build on a solid base of EPR/DRR work
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Climate change is about people
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Johnny
Glenda
Daniel
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Edad (en años) Peso (kg) Talla (cms.)
11.3
28
120
9
21
117
5.8
19
112
Estado
Desnutrición severa
Desnutrición moderada
Normal
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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Working for Climate-Resilient communities
Key areas of adaptation work in support to
Governments and communities
1.
Prepare for and respond to climate
related disasters and emergencies
2.
Enhance livelihoods protection and help
mitigate risks on the most vulnerable
3.
Scale up community-based projects to
reduce vulnerability, and enhance food
security and overall resilience
4.
Capacity development, knowledge
sharing and systems development
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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Working for Climate-Resilient communities
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Best practice
 Ethiopia – Meret Programme - “Where there is MERET there is no hunger”
 Bangladesh – Enhancing Cumminty Preparedness and DRR
 Central America – Sistema de Alerta Temprana para Centro America
(SATCA)
 Kenya – Food-for-asset programs supporting efficient resource management
and sustainable food security
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Slide 5
Key Challenges
 mainstream CC discourse, overall coherence
 building knowledge, sharing info and best practice
 reconciling Dev-Hum language
 linking local to global
 National ownership and leadership
 people centred + innovation
 resources and effective admin & financial systems
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