Amy Kirbyshire

Project Officer, Climate and Environment

Amy is a Project Officer for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). CDKN is managed by a consortium of partners, including ODI, and funds research, technical assistance and knowledge management to support decision makers in developing countries to design and deliver climate compatible development. Amy manages a portfolio of CDKN’s research projects, mostly focussed on Asia, and coordinates CDKN’s programme of work on climate-related disaster risk management.

Amy holds an MSc in Disasters, Adaptation and Development from King's College London, and a BSc in Geography from the University of Sheffield. Prior to ODI, Amy worked for the IFRC to explore how vulnerability and capacity assessments can incorporate climate change risks, and has previously worked with the Red Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Centre in Caribbean and with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre in Bangkok. She has research interests in climate compatible development and disaster risk management.

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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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The need for climate-smart disaster risk reduction

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 6 November 2012

'Positively, there is considerable appetite for improving and integrating local level disaster risk management and climate change adaptation among stakeholders in Asia. However, despite widespread agreement on what needs to be done to achieve this, the how is a step behind.'

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Postcard from Delhi: the lessons of the IPCC SREX report for South Asia

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 May 2012

CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire report from the New Delhi, India outreach event for the IPCC’s ‘Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ (SREX), 2-3 May 2012.

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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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