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Tom Mitchell

Head of Programme, Climate and Environment

Dr. Tom Mitchell is Head of Climate Change at ODI, having previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is also a Senior Advisor in the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, in which he oversees the research and knowledge management components. Tom is a serving IPCC WG2 Co-ordinating Lead Author of the Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters and a Lead Author of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report. His research is focused on climate-related disaster risk management, adaptation finance and the links between climate action and poverty reduction.

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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Event - Conference - 20 - 23 May 2013

The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster risk Reduction aims to continue the momentum of the prior Global Platform meetings, into a durable and sustained effort from all actors (governments, NGOs and civil society, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions, and the private sector) to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforcing resilience in our communities. The Fourth Session will also be an opportunity to progress and consult on the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). ODI researchers are speaking at different events during the conference.

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Disaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators

Publication - Research reports and studies - 19 April 2013

Tom Mitchell, Lindsey Jones, Emma Lovell and Eva Comba

This report examines options for including disaster risk management in the post-2015 development framework.

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When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention

Publication - Research reports and studies - 5 February 2013

Katie Harris, David Keen and Tom Mitchell

This report focuses on the links between conditions of vulnerability and risks associated with the nexus of natural disasters, conflict and fragility. The research recognises that any given context will be mired by an even more complex array of intersecting risks.

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