Emma Lovell
Research Fellow
Emma is an expert on disaster risk management, climate change and resilience. She leads Risk and Resilience’s 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
- 24 May 2019, Thomson Reuters Foundation17 April 2019, Voice of America
- 30 August 2017, Huffington Post2 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 Foundation
- 15 March 2016, Thomson Reuters Foundation15 March 2016, Daily Mail
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18 JunRT @Lena_A_W: Can participating in #socialprotection programmes facilitate access to financial services and thus strengthen #climateresilie…- 17 JunRT @HeadUNISDR: Over 70% of people affected by major disasters live in Asia & Pacific. Not suprising to see natural hazards cited along wit…
- 12 JunHow can the combination of social protection and financial services help people deal with climate-related shocks an… https://t.co/mvmlRchLt0
- 10 JunRT @ODIclimate: What does intersectionality mean to you? Our new @ODIdev @Braced paper on building #resilience for all looks at intersect…
- 05 JunRT @NoNatDisasters: Good question! To us, it's the impact a #disaster has on a community but the specific cultural & socio-economic inputs…
- 05 JunWhat does #intersectionality mean to you? Read our @ODIdev @Braced paper on building #resilience for all: intersec… https://t.co/WL9hXkqwWK
- 03 JunRT @ODIdev: All development choices involve trade-offs. A risk-informed approach recognises this and equips us to respond to today’s comple…
- 31 MayRT @ODIdev: New and emerging threats: 1⃣ Are interconnected 2⃣ Cross borders 3⃣ Occur simultaneously 4⃣ Have transformative impacts Our…
- 30 MayRT @KsChmutina: #DRM tweeps! The deadline for the FAC course has been extended to 21st June - so if you know anyone who’s working in #DRM &…
- 27 MayRT @UNDRR_AsiaPac: Without DRR, "it will be difficult if not impossible to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals" - @HeadUNISDR delive…
- 24 MayRT @ODIdev: "Intersectional approaches recognise that people have different identities, needs, priorities and capacities which will shift a…
- 19 MayRT @mkvaalst: Great piece, proud of @PfRglobal’s strong presence at #GPDRR2019 https://t.co/TKOv6w5ysL
- 18 MayRT @manugupta2412: Subtle but important change! AMCDRR becomes APMCDRR embracing now the Pacific! Looking forward to Brisbane, 2020 #GP2019…
- 18 MayRT @Braced: Intersectional approaches to #resilience recognise that people have needs that will shift over time, @E_lovel from @ODIdev tell…
- 18 MayRT @Braced: Speaker at BRACED event on inclusion in #resilience work notes that #GP2019Geneva conference scores highly for accessibility! B…
- 18 MayRT @Braced: For inclusive resilience, we need to challenge social norms and scale up collective action, as well as learning from different…
- 18 MayRT @SeedsIndia: #CycloneFani's turning into a strange sort of #SilentDisaster. Talked about extensively as a #earlywarning success story. Y…
- 17 MayRT @tmarki: What is a disaster? Let's say it one more time: #DisastersAreNotNatural! #NoNaturalDisasters @NoNatDisasters @unisdr @HeadUNI…
- 17 MayRT @brendayu_by: What are the challenges to advance #intersectionality agenda & help build #ResilienceForAll? For @ODIdev @E_lovel: 1) la…
- 17 MayRT @ODIclimate: Our @E_lovel speaking passionately at the #GP2019Geneva Ignite stage on why we need to develop a deeper understanding of ho…
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