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World Bank Group in Geneva

WBG Geneva Impact Series: "Building poor households’ resilience in the wake of climate change"

WBG Impact Series

25 June 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 CET

Hybrid & in WMO, 7bis avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva

 

This first workshop will present new results on approaches to boost poor households’ resilience in the wake of climate change.

It will showcase how Adaptive Social Protection Programming in the Sahel (with IDA financing) promotes economic inclusion and livelihood diversification. It will also discuss how WFP resilience programming can improve food security and agricultural livelihoods.

Following these two cases, a roundtable between government and international - representatives will discuss implications for policymaking.

Please Register HERE.

 

Opening Remarks:

JAMELE RIGOLINI, Senior Advisor, Social Protection & Jobs, World Bank

Moderator:

MARIA DIMITRIADOU, Special Representative to the UN & the WTO, World Bank

Presenters:

PATRICK PREMAND, Senior Economist, DIME, World Bank

JONAS HEIRMAN, Head of Impact Evaluation, World Food Programme

Discussants

JAPHET DOUDOU BEINDJILA, National Coordinator, Support Project for Refugees and Host Communities, Chad

CELINE PEYRON BISTA,  Social Protection and Employment Policy Specialist,  International Labour Organisation

CECILIA BENDA, Global Agronomist and Climate Change Lead, International Committee of the Red Cross,

NOUROU MACKI TALL, Senior Liaison Officer, Emergencies and Resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization.