1. WFP and Climate Change 2 nd CLIMTRAIN workshop – IFAD 20 November 2008 Jordi Renart i Vila Policy, Planning and Strategy Division The United Nations World Food Programme

2. OUTLINE The role of WFP and Climate change adaptation WFP’s engagement with the Nairobi Work Programme

3. The role of WFP in Climate change adaptation

4. poverty conflict environmental degradation population pressure in fragile areas Climate Change aggravates vulnerability to hunger In a context of…

5. WFP fights hunger in the front lines of complex humanitarian crises Responding to climate-related emergencies Through a global logistical apparatus and communications infrastructure, and an extensive network of offices, sub-offices and staff Scaling up local and community-based projects to reduce vulnerability E.g. social protection schemes such as cash or food-based employment programmes for building climate-proofed infrastructure & sustainable NRM Providing global public goods that take into account climate change risks on the most vulnerable E.g. Vulnerability analysis, needs assessments and risk transfer mechanisms, such as weather-related insurance

6. WFP’s engagement with the Nairobi Work Programme

7. WFP Action Pledges WFP’s Action Pledges build on its existing climate-related adaptation activities: 1- Responding to climate-related emergencies 2- Scaling up local and community-based projects to reduce vulnerability 3- Provision of global public goods for adaptation WFP’s Action Pledges: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/sbsta_agenda_item_adaptation/items/4111.php

8. Example: WFP Action Pledge #3 Pledging to provide global public goods for adaptation WFP responds to… Call for Action 1: “Promoting development and dissemination of methodologies and tools for impact and vulnerability assessments, such as rapid assessments and bottom-up approaches, including as they apply to sustainable development” Call for Action 4: “Promote the availability of information on the socio-economic aspects of climate change and improve the integration of socioeconomic information into impact and vulnerability assessments”

9. Example: Progress Report on Action Pledge #3 In October 2008 WFP reported… The completion of 27 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVAs) Enhanced global preparedness through a global early-warning monitoring service An initiative to accurately predict and assess the impact of natural disasters on communities and infrastructure A pilot weather risk management project for the vulnerable poor in China (with IFAD)

10. For more information… Jordi.RenartiVila@wfp.org