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Bryan T McCann1, Jenna M Davis2, Devin Osborne3
1Vice President of Markets at Emergent, United States.
Disasters
|July 10, 2020
Summary
Humanitarian aid initiatives are not adequately addressing climate change impacts. This study found only 1.8% of proposed projects and 2.9% of funded projects focused on climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Area of Science:
- Climate Science
- Humanitarian Studies
- Disaster Risk Reduction
Background:
- Climate change exacerbates natural hazards and disasters globally.
- Limited data exists on humanitarian assistance addressing climate change.
- Tracking climate change adaptation in humanitarian aid is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To pilot a novel method for identifying and quantifying climate change-related humanitarian programs.
- To analyze funding for climate change interventions in humanitarian assistance.
- To assess the prevalence of climate change components in humanitarian projects.
Main Methods:
- Utilized publicly available United Nations program data (2016-2018).
- Incorporated vulnerability index data for five disaster-affected countries.
- Analyzed funding levels across programmatic sub-areas and clusters.
Main Results:
- 1.8% (99/5,558) of proposed projects had climate change components.
- 2.9% (40/1,361) of funded projects were climate change-related.
- Significant gap identified between climate change needs and humanitarian funding.
Conclusions:
- Current humanitarian assistance inadequately addresses climate change.
- The developed methodology can track climate change responses in humanitarian aid.
- Further research is needed to scale up climate-resilient humanitarian interventions.
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