Course Details

Social Protection and Climate Change Adaptation Training Course

INTRODUCTION

The escalating impacts of climate change pose a significant threat to development progress and disproportionately affect the most vulnerable populations globally. Integrating Social Protection systems with Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies is increasingly recognized as a critical pathway to building climate resilience and safeguarding livelihoods against intensifying climate shocks. This essential training course provides professionals with the knowledge and tools to bridge these two vital fields, designing and implementing interventions that effectively support communities in adapting to a changing climate. Equip yourself to build more resilient futures through this targeted Social Protection and Climate Change Adaptation training course.

This comprehensive training course delves into the practicalities of making social protection programmes climate-responsive. Participants will explore how to analyze climate vulnerability, adapt existing safety nets, design new climate-smart interventions, leverage climate finance, and utilize frameworks like Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) to manage climate shocks. By completing this training course, you will be empowered to contribute to policies and programs that enhance the adaptive capacity of households and communities, ensuring that social protection investments actively support long-term climate resilience and sustainable development in the face of climate change.

DURATION

5 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Social protection policymakers, program managers, and practitioners
• Climate change adaptation specialists and environmental officers
• Government officials in ministries of social welfare, environment, agriculture, finance, and planning
• Disaster risk reduction (DRR) professionals
• Development practitioners working on resilience, food security, and sustainable livelihoods
• Staff of international organizations, NGOs, and civil society working on climate change or social protection
• Researchers and policy analysts focusing on climate vulnerability, adaptation, and poverty reduction

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understand the complex linkages between climate change impacts, vulnerability, poverty, and the role of social protection.
• Analyze how existing social protection instruments (cash transfers, public works, insurance) can be adapted to build climate resilience.
• Develop skills to design new social protection programs with explicit Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) objectives and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for integrating social protection into national CCA strategies, plans (e.g., NAPs), and climate finance mechanisms.
• Explore how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) principles can be applied to manage increasing climate-related shocks and stresses.
• Learn methodologies for assessing climate vulnerability and integrating climate risk information into social protection targeting and design.
• Understand the landscape of climate finance and opportunities for blending it with social protection funding.
• Strengthen capacity for monitoring, evaluating, and learning from interventions at the nexus of social protection and CCA.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1: The Nexus: Social Protection, Climate Change, and Resilience

• Understanding climate change trends, impacts, and future projections for this module.
• Defining climate resilience and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the context of vulnerability for this module.
• Exploring the channels through which climate change impacts poverty and necessitates social protection responses in this module.
• Examining the rationale and potential synergies of integrating SP and CCA for this module.
• Identifying key concepts and terminology relevant to the SP-CCA nexus for this module.

Module 2: Assessing Climate Vulnerability for Social Protection

• Understanding methodologies for conducting climate vulnerability and risk assessments for this module.
• Identifying climate-vulnerable populations and geographic areas relevant to social protection targeting in this module.
• Integrating climate information and projections into social protection program design and planning for this module.
• Analyzing the differential impacts of climate change based on gender, age, and other social factors for this module.
• Utilizing participatory approaches to understand local climate impacts and adaptation needs for this module.

Module 3: Climate-Proofing Existing Social Protection Programs

• Analyzing how cash transfer programs can enhance adaptive capacity and smooth consumption during climate stress for this module.
• Designing climate-smart public works programs that build adaptive assets and ecosystems for this module.
• Exploring the role of social insurance (health, agriculture, unemployment) in managing climate-related risks for this module.
• Adapting targeting mechanisms and delivery systems to be effective in climate-affected contexts for this module.
• Reviewing case studies of existing social protection programs adapted for climate resilience for this module.

Module 4: Designing Climate-Smart Social Protection Interventions

• Incorporating explicit CCA objectives into the design of new social protection initiatives for this module.
• Promoting climate-resilient livelihoods through integrated social protection support (e.g., inputs, training) for this module.
• Designing "green" public works focusing on ecosystem-based adaptation and natural resource management for this module.
• Linking social protection with access to climate information services and climate-smart technologies for this module.
• Ensuring interventions are context-specific and address local adaptation priorities for this module.

Module 5: Adaptive Social Protection for Climate Shocks

• Understanding how ASP principles enhance responsiveness to climate-related disasters (droughts, floods, storms) for this module.
• Linking social protection systems with climate early warning systems for timely interventions for this module.
• Designing scalable cash transfers and other support triggered by climate events for this module.
• Exploring forecast-based financing mechanisms connected to social protection delivery for this module.
• Coordinating ASP with humanitarian responses during major climate-induced crises for this module.

Module 6: Financing Climate-Responsive Social Protection

• Understanding the global climate finance architecture (GCF, Adaptation Fund, bilateral donors) for this module.
• Identifying opportunities to access climate finance for social protection programs with adaptation co-benefits for this module.
• Exploring strategies for blending domestic budgets, development aid, and climate finance for integrated programs in this module.
• Developing proposals and meeting the requirements for accessing specific climate funds for this module.
• Ensuring effective financial management and reporting for climate-funded social protection activities for this module.

Module 7: Policy Coherence and Institutional Coordination

• Mainstreaming SP-CCA integration into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for this module.
• Fostering coordination between ministries responsible for social protection, environment, agriculture, finance, and disaster management for this module.
• Building multi-stakeholder platforms involving government, civil society, researchers, and the private sector for this module.
• Advocating for policy coherence and supportive legal frameworks for integrated SP-CCA approaches for this module.
• Strengthening institutional capacity at national and sub-national levels for implementing integrated programs for this module.

Module 8: Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) and Future Directions

• Developing MEL frameworks and indicators to measure climate resilience outcomes of social protection programs for this module.
• Utilizing mixed-methods approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated SP-CCA interventions for this module.
• Establishing learning mechanisms to adapt and improve program design based on evidence and experience for this module.
• Exploring emerging innovations and future research priorities at the SP-CCA nexus for this module.
• Considering issues of climate justice and equity within social protection and adaptation efforts for this module.

CERTIFICATION

• Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with Macskills Training and Development Institute Certificate

TRAINING VENUE

• Training will be held at Macskills Training Centre. We also tailor make the training upon request at different locations across the world.

AIRPORT PICK UP AND ACCOMMODATION

• Airport pick up and accommodation is arranged upon request

TERMS OF PAYMENT

Payment should be made to Macskills Development Institute bank account before the start of the training and receipts sent to info@macskillsdevelopment.com