WFP’s climate resilience investment pipeline

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WFP’s Climate Resilience Investment Pipeline, first launched in December 2023, is the organization’s main vehicle to scale up financial, technical and partnership support to provide immediate climate protection, accelerate adaptation and build long-term resilience for the most food-insecure populations in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). Currently covering more than 60 countries with 48 programme and project concepts, the Pipeline aims to mobilize the resources required to assist national governments and local communities to avert, minimize and address losses and damages from more frequent and intense climate extremes, while reducing humanitarian needs and boosting food security by 2030.

The interlinkage of climate, hunger, and fragility

For 72 million people in 18 countries

Climate extremes were the primary driver of acute food insecurity in 2023

15 out of 20 countries

that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are fragile and conflict affected.

3-times more people

are affected by extreme weather events in fragile and conflict-affected situations than people living in other countries.

Up to 80 times less climate finance

received per person and year, compared to people in non-fragile countries

Launched with the COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace, the Pipeline promotes integrated programming, financing, and partnerships for greater efficiency and results. Implementing it shows WFP’s commitment to the COP28 Declaration and contributes to meet COP29 Azerbaijan’s climate, peace, and security goals. It aims to help people in fragile countries achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), while reducing hunger, improving gender equality, safeguarding development investments, mitigating conflict, and sustaining peace.

Covering regions from the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, Haiti to Afghanistan, and Yemen to Myanmar, WFP’s Climate Resilient Investment Pipeline offers context-specific solutions across diverse countries.

Initiative key pillars

Scaling up

climate protection and risk management to reach more people and communities.

Investing

in ecosystem-based solutions, climate-smart infrastructure, and human capital for better resilience.

Building

sustainable and resilient local food systems for improved food and nutrition security.

Examples of key interventions

Access to early warning systems, anticipatory action, climate risk insurance, shock-responsive social protection
Soil restoration, rainwater harvesting, integrated water resources management, smallholder farmers training, livelihood diversification, sustainable energy solutions
Regenerative agricultural practices, post-harvest loss management, connecting smallholder farmers to markets

Partnering with WFP for results

No country or institution can tackle the climate and hunger crisis on its own. Partnership is at the heart of WFP’s Climate Resilience Investment Pipeline to unlock solutions and resourcing for a future where climate risks are adequately managed and sustainable food security can be achieved. We invite government donors, International Financial Institutions (IFIs), multilateral climate funds, foundations, philanthropies and corporations to join forces and contribute to sponsor these international climate finance eligible projects to stem the rising tide of climate-induced hunger.

For further information about the investment pipeline, contact us at: wfp.climateinvestment.pipeline@wfp.org