Emma Lovell
Research Fellow
Emma is an expert on disaster risk management, climate change and resilience. She leads on ODI's Global Risks and Resilience programme strategy on equity and social inclusion in multi-hazard contexts. She also specialises in research exploring climate, disasters and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Emma has provided technical advice on these themes to a range of governments, UN agencies, civil society organisations, foundations, multilateral and regional organisations.
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Emma's geographical areas of expertise includes South Asia and South-East Asia, East Africa and the Caribbean. Before ODI, Emma worked in Bangkok, Thailand for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), and with the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (IFRC) South East Asia Regional Office.
She has extensive experience in managing large international research projects across finance, business development and strategic communications.
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Media coverage
- 16 June 2020, Climate & Development Knowledge Network24 May 2019, Thomson Reuters Foundation
- 17 April 2019, Voice of America30 August 2017, Huffington Post
- 2 August 2017, Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)24 May 2017, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (http://eird.org/)
- 13 December 2016, Thomson Reuters Foundation15 March 2016, Thomson Reuters Foundation
- 15 March 2016, Daily Mail
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