IN the ever-unfolding climate change matrices, poor households are at the centre of interacting with climate vices and challenges hence they can hardly count stocks.
It has since proved difficult for poor households and communities to realise gains and successes in the face of a very hostile environment of climate variability and hazards, which include perennial droughts, rapid flooding, cyclones and other storm events.
These are among the major principal factors which prevent poor communities and households from accumulating meaningful assets, including failure to maintain income levels above the poverty datum lime.
Many developing countries in these situations lack government and non-governmental organisations support systems like social funds and livelihoods support which serve as useful safety-nets for promoting household resilience to climate risks.
Building resilience in poor households and vulnerable communities should be the main focus of any government, development sector and civil-societies.