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 Coordinating 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.
Tom Mitchell, a member of CDKN's Network Council, is attending the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, from 14-18 March 2015. Here he outlines what a successful outcome would look like. [more]…
Megan Rowling reports on some of the contentious issues surrounding the global framework for disaster risk reduction, due to be agreed in March in Sendai, Japan. [more]…
Experts at the Overseas Development Institute and CDKN analyse the draft text of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and make suggestions for improvement. [more]…
A team from ODI and CDKN respond to the Pre-Zero Draft of the post-2014 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the HFA2. [more]…
Tom Mitchell assesses the big issues for debate at the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. [more]…
As we edge closer to 2015, we have an unprecedented opportunity to lock in a favourable and multifaceted international policy landscape for tackling disaster risk worldwide. The Millennium Development Goals and Hyogo Framework for Action are due to end in 2015, says CDKN's Head of Disaster Risk Management, Dr Tom Mitchell. [more]…
Following today's publication of the first installment of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, Dr. Tom Mitchell a former co-ordinating lead author of the IPCC SREX asks ask whether the IPCC and its assessment reports are still fit-for-purpose. [more]…
CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. [more]…
Kashmala Kakakhel, LEAD Pakistan, and Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute explain key points emerging from recent consultations on Loss and Damage and what impact this is likely to have upon negotiations in Doha. [more]…
CDKN's Tom Mitchell explores the implications recent improvements in climate modelling which have allowed scientists to tie weather events to climate change. [more]…
