A guide to climate-smart programmes and operations for National ... - ReliefWeb

A guide to climate-smart programmes and operations for National Societies: Using climate information across timescales to enhance humanitarian efforts - World | ReliefWeb

This guide focuses on how to use climate-related information to reduce risk and human vulnerability, and includes detailed annexes and user-friendly tools. To adapt to climate change and reduce the risks it brings with it, the humanitarian sector needs to change the way it approaches prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, this guide argues.

Climate-smart means using climate information across timescales in designing and/or adjusting all our programmes and operations. In doing so, programmes and operations ensure that, at a minimum, they do not place people at increased risk in the future considering likely new climate extremes and growing vulnerabilities. In addition, this approach offers the initial steps in the Climate Action Journey for the National Societies to identify locally led adaptation needs and support communities to anticipate, absorb and adapt to climate change.