Opening Session: Rethinking Livelihoods of the Poor and Vulnerable in a Changing Climate

CRPP Progress and Evolving Insights

By Nisha Krishnan, Senior Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Plenary 1: Building Individual and Household Climate Resilience through Integrated Livelihoods Approaches

Building Individual and Household Resilience Through Integrated Livelihoods Approaches

By Bob Babajanian, Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Spotlight 1: Promoting Climate-Resilient Livelihood Outcomes of Vulnerable Households through Adaptive Social Safety Net Programs

From Safety Nets to Resilience Pathways: Transforming Social Protection into Climate-Resilient Livelihoods for Farmers, Fisherfolk, and Rural Youth

By Elvin Jerome Laceda, Founding President, RiceUp Farmers Inc, Philippines

Promoting Climate‑Resilient Livelihood Outcomes of Vulnerable Households through Social Safety Net Programs

By Ashraful Amin, Regional Climate and Resilience Advisor, World Food Programme 

Risk, Vulnerability, and Adaptive Social Protection

By Silke Pietzsch, Regional Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Adviser, Food and Agriculture Organization

Spotlight 2: Strengthening Access to Human and Financial Capital for Vulnerable Women to Pursue Climate-Resilient Livelihoods

Women Ecopreneurs Lab

By Melisa Apriyani, Indonesia Program Manager, Women's Earth Alliance, Indonesia

Strengthening Women's Access to Human and Financial Capital for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods

By Sarala KC, Community Women Forum, Nepal

Adaptation Solutions Hub

Fireside Chat: Maximizing Opportunities for Women-Focused Investments in Climate Resilience

Plenary 2: Community and National Systems for Enabling Climate-Resilient Livelihoods

Putting Climate-Risk Evidence in Communities’ Hands: Examples from CLARE

By Arjan De Haan, Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Centre 

Shared Risk, Shared Financing: Designing Collective and Inclusive Resilience along Pakistan’s Sindh Coast

By Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, Gender Specialist, ADB

Spotlight 3: Promoting Community Collective Action for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods and Market Systems

Promoting Community Collection Action for Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Market System  

By Sekar Insani Sumunaringtyas, Head of International Marketing Team/Project Manager HDDAP, Directorate General of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia  

Support for Agricultural Micro-Enterprises and Integration in Value Chains to Increase Food Security in Pakistan

By Zeeshan Memon, Executive Director, Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization, Pakistan  

Women-Led Cooperatives Delivering Local Adaptation Actions

By Rabin Raj Niraula, Heifer International  

Spotlight 4: Developing Climate Resilience of Micro and Small Enterprises through Enabling Systems and Partnerships

Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sector Project  

By Sengkeo Phoutthavong, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Lao PDR

72-hour Protection for Fiji's Women-Led MSMEs

By Nanise Sowani, Consultant, Fiji Development Bank, Fiji  

PISAgro: Transforming Indonesia’s Agrifood System through Inclusive Closed-Loop Partnerships

By Insan Syafaat, PISAgro, Indonesia

Roundtable Dialogue

Closing Session