Linking social protection and the environment : perspectives in South East Asia

What are the connections between environmental changes and social protection? How to articulate social protection and environmental protection in public policies? What are the perspectives on the matter in South East Asia?

The degradation of environmental conditions has a significant impact on people’s direct lives, jobs, incomes and communities all across the globe. As a consensus in favor of the expansion of social protection has emerged over the last two decades, the question of how social and environmental protection systems could be combined is now to be posed. To what extent taking environmental protection into account may or may not represent an asset in terms of social development?

This link between social protection and environmental changes and policies is expected to become a growing policy area for intervention in South-East Asia. Many countries in the region are already experiencing major environmental changes. Climate change will, in most cases, reinforce these local disturbances. The question thus arises of how new frontiers in policymaking should take into consideration both social and environmental protection.

The purpose of this event is to explore and discuss the links between social protection and the environment in the Asean countries, especially in the Lower Mekong Region.

· Animé par Etienne Espagne, senior economist, AFD,

Intervenants :

· Alexandre Berthe, Assistant professor in economics, LiRIS, Université Rennes 2,

· Pascale Turquet, Assistant professor in economics, LiRIS, Université Rennes 2,

· Phuong Linh Thi Huynh, Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Research for Development | IRD · Office in Hanoi,

· Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Director, Research Strategy and Innovations ERIA,

· Garima Bhalla, Economist and social protection specialist at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),

· Federico Spano, Social Protection and Resilience Officer, FAO,

· Cecilia Costella, Senior Social Protection and Climate Advisor, Independent,

· Anna McCord, Research Associate equity and social policy, Overseas Development Institute (ODI).

· Marie-Christina Dankmeyer , Social Protection and Climate Change Specialist, Social Protection Department (SOCPRO), ILO,

· Nuno Meira Simoes da Cunha , Senior Technical Specialist on Social Protection (Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific), ILO,