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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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'Climate smart' disaster risk reduction

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 October 2010

Many of the major disasters of 2010 (the Pakistan flood, the Russian heat wave and a slew of landslides in East Asia and Central America) match the IPCC’s 2007 prediction that climate change will cause rains to become more intense, and hot and cold snaps to become more extreme. A new report from the DFID-funded ‘Strengthening Climate Resilience’ (SCR) consortium, launched today on the UN’s International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, suggests that climate change will have diverse impacts on disaster risks and not just on weather hazards.

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Strengthening Climate Resilience

Projects - August 2010 to October 2010

Providing technical and strategic input into the Strengthening Climate Resilience programme, which aims to build the resilience of communities to disasters and climate change

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BRIDGE Development and Gender

Projects - July 2010 to December 2011

Tom Mitchell is contracted as member of the core advisory group to assist BRIDGE with thinking for, implementation and evaluation of the programme, particularly in relation to the Cutting Edge Pack.

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

Projects - February 2010 to February 2015

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development. It does this by combining research, advisory services and knowledge-sharing in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. CDKN works in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally. CDKN is managed by an alliance of organisations that brings together a wide range of expertise and experience: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, SouthSouthNorth, LEAD International, LEAD Pakistan and INTRAC.

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IPCC SREX report

Projects - November 2009 to December 2011

Tom Mitchell is a Coordinating Lead Author on the IPCC report Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). He is responsible for a chapter on national systems for managing the risks from climate extremes.

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