Malawi faces recurrent cyclical crises that prevent long-term poverty reduction. The country has a high exposure to climate risks – such as dry spells, drought and flooding. These, combined with high levels of poverty, food insecurity, and vulnerability to seasonal patterns of production and consumption, result in frequent shocks and emergencies.

ILO (03.11.2017) The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference will be presided by Fiji and held in Bonn, Germany from 6-17 November 2017. This twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) will meet with the aim to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines.

blogs.worldbank.org (23.08.2017) There is no denying that the country has suffered major losses due to climatic shocks as well as the civil war that had a huge impact on its social, economic and financial well-being.

Global Development Institute Blog (20.06.2017) Climate change is one of the biggest environmental and development challenges of the 21st century. But we will not all face this challenge in the same way, as the impacts of climate change are unevenly distributed; people that are marginalised in society are especially vulnerable to climate change because of intersecting social processes that create multidimensional inequalities.

reuters.com (19.06.2017) Some sovereign investors are reducing their exposure to fossil fuels or seeking clean alternatives to protect their portfolios from rising environmental risk.

Finanz und Wirtschaft (05.06.2017) Der Generaldirektor der internationalen Arbeitsorganisation ILO, Guy Ryder, hat an die Verantwortlichen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt appelliert, sich den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels zu stellen. Er sagte dies nur wenige Tage nach der Ankündigung des amerikanischen Präsidenten Donald Trump, sich aus dem Pariser Klimaabkommen zurückzuziehen.

Asian Development Blog (25.08.2016) Natural disasters bringing previously unimaginable chaos, heartbreak, and economic and social casualties are likely to increase in number and intensity in the coming years due to climate change.

Antigua Observer (03.09.2016) As government moves to enact the National Social Protection Bill, the country’s Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Samantha Marshall, remains adamant that it will only benefit the poor and vulnerable.

thefinancialexpress (02.10.2016) Speakers at a discussion on Sunday underscored the need for making the existing social protection programmes more climate sensitive by taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster

The Guardian (24.11.2016) Thinktank says the poorest 10% have been unable to recover from financial crisis because of falling real wages