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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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Coding and tracking adaptation finance: lessons and opportunities for monitoring finance across international and national scales

Publication - Research reports and studies - 9 October 2012

Lindsey Jones, Tom Mitchell, Paula Silva Villaneuva and Sarah Standley

One of a trilogy of papers that explores the concept of ‘climate finance’ in national budgetary systems and proposes pragmatic ways forward that will strengthen the policy debate. This paper focuses on adaptation finance.

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Options for including disaster resilience in post-2015 development goals

Publication - Discussion papers - 8 October 2012

ODI Background Notes

Tom Mitchell

This Background Note considers options for including disaster resilience in a post-2015 development framework.

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We are causing our crazy weather – so now what?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 20 September 2012

'Undoubtedly the attribution sciences and the way society digests and uses the information are in their infancy but there are clear implications for how we tackle climate change.'

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Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province

Disaster risk management in the post-2015 international policy landscape

Event - Workshop - 3 July 2012 09:30 - 16:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The workshop is designed to bring together different stakeholders – from development and humanitarian agencies, government departments, research organisations and from the private sector bodies and foundations – to discuss the opportunities, structures and strategies for effectively managing disaster risk in the post-2015 international policy landscape.

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Strengthening resilience in volcanic areas (STREVA)

Projects - July 2012 to June 2016

This project examines the interaction of dynamic factors contributing to disaster risk including: the volcanic hazard processes, the exposure and vulnerability of people and assets, and the capacities in place to reduce, prepare for and recover from the impact.

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