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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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Resilience: A risk management approach

Publication - Discussion papers - 23 January 2012

ODI Background Notes

Tom Mitchell and Katie Harris

This Background Note explores the concept of 'resilience' in relation to framing current thinking about sustainable futures and investigates whether a common definition and understanding can be reached and whether resilience can be translated into a practical set of tools and approaches.

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Managing disasters in a changing climate: Introducing the IPCC ‘Special Report on Extreme Events’

Event - Public event - 24 November 2011 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+00)

Coming only days before the start of the Durban climate change negotiations, this event will examine findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).Written over two years and involving nearly 200 authors and many hundreds of reviewers, the report provides a unique insight into the future of disasters in a changing climate and ways governments and societies might respond.

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Ten key messages of the IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 November 2011

'Smart development and economic policies will need to consider changing disaster risk as a core component unless ever more money, assets and people are to be washed away with the coming flood.'

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Promoting effective climate finance

Projects - November 2011 to November 2015

This project aims to enhance the evidence base for global climate action at global and national levels.

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Strengthening resilience: can ‘disaster risk management’ offer a foundation?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 October 2011

I am delighted that the 2011 international day for disaster reduction is focusing on the role of children and young people (CYP) in disasters. It is an issue close to my heart following the work I did with Plan UK on child-centred disaster risk management in the Philippines. Indirectly this led to Dr.

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