Editing World Food Programme (section)

===Climate change===
[[File:Bangladesh WFP Sayed Asif Mahmud.jpg|thumb|WFP took pre-emptive action to reduce the impact of floods in Bangladesh. Photo: WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud]]
WFP provided cash to vulnerable groups ahead of torrential rains in Bangladesh in July 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowling |first1=Megan |title=Analysis: As disaster train gathers speed, efforts gear up to clear the track |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-aid-climatechange-disaster-ana-idUSKBN2781IJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023235121/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-aid-climatechange-disaster-ana-idUSKBN2781IJ |url-status=live |archive-date=23 October 2020 |access-date=7 January 2021 |publisher=Reuters |date=23 October 2020}}</ref> Its response to [[Hurricane Dorian]] in the Bahamas in September 2019 was assisted by a regional office in Barbados, which had been set up the previous year to enable better disaster preparedness and response. In advance of Dorian, WFP deployed technical experts in food security, logistics and emergency telecommunication to support a rapid needs assessment. Assessment teams also conducted an initial aerial reconnaissance mission with the aim to put teams on the ground as soon as possible.<ref>{{cite news |title=WFP lends expertise before and after Hurricane Dorian |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/bahamas/wfp-lends-expertise-and-after-hurricane-dorian |access-date=11 January 2021 |publisher=ReliefWeb |date=8 September 2019}}</ref>