Climate-Smart Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts: A Scoping Review and Evidence Gap Map

The Evidence to Action (E2A) team at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) seeks to strengthen humanitarian response to the climate crisis through the provision of evidence and practical guidance on promising climate smart interventions and approaches. As a part of this project, we are developing a scoping review and an evidence gap map (EGM). The scoping review will identify interventions spanning across Health, Water and Sanitation, Protection, Livelihoods/Cash, and Education. It will also have a cross-sectoral focus on Risk Preparedness & Planning, Systems & Capacity Strengthening. It will assess which approaches are promising or well-established; identifying climate markers and potential for transformative impact. The evidence gap map (EGM) will speak to the volume and strength of the evidence as well as highlight gaps in the evidence base. We will also develop cell-wise summaries (hosted within the EGMs) to unpack information regarding intervention effectiveness, cost-efficiency and delivery appropriateness.
We would like to present the findings of our scoping review and share a draft of the EGM framework. We see this as an opportune moment – given the gathering of an expert audience in both climate change and evidence synthesis – to share insights from our work and obtain valuable inputs.