Sector Note: Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change – Social Protection (Draft Version)

Social protection, which seeks to keep individuals from falling into poverty, must be carefully constructed and delivered so as to avoid further stresses on the environ-ment—a mandate impeded and complicated by climate change. Recognising and clarifying the myriad linkages between social protection and sustainable development, the European Union (EU) has developed a set of policy directions; the sector note Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change – Social Protection provides guidance and further references.