Silke Pietzsch

Silke Pietzsch is a humanitarian and development leader with over 20 years of experience in analytical livelihoods, resilience, and social protection across Asia, Africa, and fragile contexts. She bridges operations and evidence, leading needs assessments, market and cash feasibility studies, climate risk and PDNA analyses, and mixed-methods evaluations to inform shock-responsive and anticipatory programming.

Women Ecopreneurs Lab

This presentation shows how the Women Ecopreneurs Lab empowers grassroots women’s leadership to protect the environment and build healthier, more resilient communities— now and into the future. The program is built on the fact that when women leaders are equipped with resources and support to scale their solutions, share resources and knowledge, and hone strategies for change, real transformation takes root.

Promoting Climate-Resilient Livelihood Outcomes of Vulnerable Households through Social Safety Net Programmes

This presentation shows how the World Food Programme supports vulnerable communities through early warning information, anticipatory action insurance, and livelihood support to build resilience; and provides technical assistance to help governments deliver more inclusive and climate-informed social protection systems and programs.