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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13 OctToday is International #DRRday #IDDR2019-which focuses on resilient infrastructure &ensuring that we #BuildToLast… https://t.co/4fLhfstRNN- 11 Oct58% of deaths from natural-hazard related #disasters occur in the top 30 most fragile states@ODIdev explores what… https://t.co/vG5zHtB8qt
- 10 OctGreat to hear importance of #intersectionality mentioned at #SDGsONS event on impacts of #climatechangeRead our… https://t.co/lWBIFf2tSZ
- 10 OctRT @HughStick: But headline data is not enough, we need to disaggregate by age, sex, ethnicity, disability, geography, income, race, migrat…
- 10 OctLooking forward to discussions at the @ONS event on the Sustainable Development Goals - the social impact of… https://t.co/pvwgwaPx2M
- 09 OctRT @ODIclimate: 🇨🇭In Geneva? In partnership with @ifrc & @ODIdev, @ICRC are hosting a public discussion about the interaction between #Clim…
- 24 SepFeed into the #WordsIntoAction guidelines: On the frontline of #disaster #risk reduction & #resilience: #Children &… https://t.co/2frzHQyHDG
- 24 SepRT @TheGlobalGoals: "What we do in the next few years, will determine the next few thousand years" - Sir David Attenborough It's time to s…
- 16 SepRT @SaraPantuliano: ‘Universal gender responsive #socialprotection is key to advance the SDGs... Women bear a disproportionate burden of wo…
- 13 SepRT @Braced: Strong relationships between all actors involved in #climate finance delivery maximises chances of #sustainability of climate-r…
- 13 Sep.@vidya_diwakar presents @ChronicPoverty and @ODIdev work on 'Child #poverty, #disasters and #climatechange: invest… https://t.co/3IksgWA53k
- 13 SepExcited to join the expert group meeting on 'Building #ResilienceForAll: #poverty reduction, #equity & #inclusion i… https://t.co/DymsI8QEnX
- 11 SepWhat does #intersectionality mean to you? At #APclimateweek participants shared these key words. Ahead of… https://t.co/owdpVUHIKB
- 09 Sep📈304.7 million sub-Saharan African children will be living in extreme #poverty in 2030, accounting for 55% of world… https://t.co/aV6D84Viie
- 08 SepRT @animesh00: #APClimateWeek ends with a resounding call to end artificial silos between #DRR and #adaptation - “a fundamental shift in mi…
- 06 SepRT @IFRCAsiaPacific: Is the international humanitarian sector genuinely committed to supporting #local #disaster response? Find out about…
- 05 SepRT @ODIclimate: Vibrant discussion in room D on #LNOB #vulnerability as our @E_lovel shares key findings from her latest research on #Nepa…
- 05 SepRT @UNDRR_AsiaPac: Any deviation between #ClimateChange adaptation and #DRR is artificial. Both concepts aim to reduce vulnerability and co…
- 05 SepRT @UNDRR_AsiaPac: The TB 1.2 Resilience and Adaptation session in #APClimateWeek just started with opening remarks by @nprakashfj, from th…
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