posted on 2024-09-05, 23:08authored byInstitute of Development Studies, TERI
The poorest people are likely to be hit hardest by the impacts of climate variability and change. The ORCHID
climate risk management approach, developed for screening development cooperation, helps identify both
risks and opportunities for tackling climate change impacts on poverty reduction programmes. Development
agencies can apply this methodology to ensure their efforts work to reduce the vulnerability of those
most at risk to climate shocks and stresses. This briefing presents the results of an ORCHID-approach to
climate risk screening of the programme portfolio of the UK Department for International Development
(DFID) in India, including support to national and state government programmes. It details the potential
adaptation options identified for individual programmes and highlights lessons for embedding the approach
in development cooperation more broadly by implementing ORCHID at the country strategy level and
across other development organisations and governments.
Funding
DfID
History
Publisher
IDS
Citation
Institute of Development Studies and TERI (2008) DFID India Climate Risk Screening: Securing Poverty Reduction in the Face of Climate Change, IDS Research Summary, Brighton: IDS