Climate-Adaptive Food Security for Non-Emergency Food Aid Beneficiaries

Presented by: Earl Saxon, Senior Fellow Global Climate Change, AED

Increased climate variability and rapid climate change undermine sustainable development, creating challenges not only to improve development outcomes but also to defend the development achievements of past decades. Climate projections provide sufficient justification to prepare for unprecedented warming, but the magnitude and even the direction of changes in precipitation are unlikely to be well understood before we experience them.

This session explored potential recommendations to PL-480, Title II Awardees on the incorporation of climate-adaptive approaches during the preparation and implementation of Multi-Year Assistance Programs (MYAPs) as well as their exit strategies. The session provided participants with key questions for consideration in assessing whether proposed interventions will reduce climate-related vulnerabilities and support adaptation, taking into account the variability that confronts them across the local regions where they work.