Could disaster insurance be the future of aid? Anna Warwick summarises the debate on the role of insurance to build resilience in disaster prone areas. From one of the sessions …
Decision-making for an uncertain future
Dr Lisa HorrocksLisa Horrocks, Principal Climate Resilience Consultant at Mott MacDonald, comments on some initiatives tackling the issue around long term climate change solutions. Wherever we are in the world, economic development requires …
Does resilience thinking help or hinder urban development?
Richard Friend and Arabella FraserAs climate and weather-related risks increase in urban areas, resilience discourses and ideas have gained traction in urban development policy. Arabella Fraser, Research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and …
We need to flip science on its head
Rosalind CornforthIn her opening speech at the Resilient Solutions symposium Professor Rosalind Cornforth, Director of the Walker Institute, challenged the development community to make science fit for purpose by taking it …
Climate insurance: closing the protection or the resilience gap?
Swenja SurminskiDoes climate insurance work as a catalyst for climate risk management and sustainable development? Or is insurance deflecting attention from other disaster risk management solutions? Swenja Surminski, Senior Research Fellow …
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Under pressure: building resilience into water systems
Lousie MedlandWith global water resources increasingly stretched, how do we ensure that building resilience into water systems in not an afterthought? This is the question we put to the audience at …
Transformational climate adaptation: beyond business-as-usual
Nick BrooksPeople around the world are faced with the challenge of adapting to changing climatic conditions, but what happens when small changes are not enough or are not even possible? Nick …
Does knowledge matter in setting the development agenda?
Daniel MorchainAre marginalised people being overlooked in decision making processes around development and adaptation? Daniel Morchain reflects on the relationship between knowledge and power to influence outcomes. The more I think …
What can resilience do for us?
Helen JeansHow can we use resilience to do development and humanitarian work differently and in ways that truly make societies work for and with people living in poverty? Helen Jeans, Oxfam’s …
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