Social Protection and Labor : A Key Enabler for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
This paper reviews the role of Social Protection and Labor in supporting both climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. The Climate Crisis is impacting the poor and vulnerable disproportionally, both as a consequence of climate shocks and through...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/356911638776148708/Social-Protection-and-Labor-A-Key-Enabler-for-Climate-Change-Adaptation-and-Mitigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36669 |
| Summary: | This paper reviews the role of Social
Protection and Labor in supporting both climate adaptation
and mitigation efforts. The Climate Crisis is impacting the
poor and vulnerable disproportionally, both as a consequence
of climate shocks and through the distributional impacts of
climate mitigation policies. The paper discusses how – even
without explicit environmental objectives – Social
Protection and Labor strengthens resilience against climate
shocks. However, integrating crisis-sensitive elements into
social protection and labor programs increases substantially
their ability to respond to shocks. Social protection and
labor programs also facilitate green and Just Transitions by
supporting equitable policies and can ease transitions
towards Green jobs. Finally, Social protection and labor
programs can also directly support mitigation measures by
positively affecting behaviors. While investments in
climate-related Social Protection and Labor are rapidly
expanding, its full potential to support adaptation,
decarbonization and mitigation is still to be realized. |
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