Emily Wilkinson
Emily’s current research is split across four areas: (i) incentivising public investment in disaster and climate risk management; (ii) aligning public policy with risk perceptions and behaviour of households in volcanic areas; (iii) the use of regulatory and fiscal instruments to influence private sector behaviour and risk creation; and (iv) the political economy of forecast-based early action and disaster risk reduction financing. Since the widespread destruction of Hurricanes Irma and Maria across the Caribbean, Emily has been supporting ‘building back better’ strategies with national governments, regional agencies and donors.
Emily was Head of Research for the DFID-funded Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters Programme (BRACED) from 2014-18 and led research on climate risk management for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) from 2014-17. Emily has a PhD in human geography from University College London.
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04 NovRT @E_lovel: New role @ODIdev in my team! Apply now to join us as a Research Fellow in the Risk and Resilience Programme @ODIclimate htt…- 23 Oct@WileyGeography @hpg_odi @ODIdev This is an excellent set of papers on resilience -and open access! I do encourage you to read
- 23 OctRT @WileyGeography: This #Disasters #OpenAccess special issue reflects on #resilience-building in some of the world's most climate-vulnerab…
- 18 OctRT @janot_reine: Ronald Jackson from CDEMA asks « are we looking @ the true failure points? what needs to be done & who needs to do it?#ca…
- 18 OctRT @ODIclimate: How can Eastern #Caribbean states boost their #disaster preparedness? Our workshop in #StLucia today has kicked off, follow…
- 18 OctRT @ODIclimate: @mairidupar @emilycwilkinson & Silvia Harvey of @ODIdev are in St. Lucia today to run a workshop on Eastern Caribbean state…
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- 13 Oct#DRR in conflict contexts is not only possible, it’s already happening. Research by @ODIdev reviews national and re… https://t.co/njMd7Qm48I
- 12 OctRT @E_lovel: 58% of deaths from natural-hazard related #disasters occur in the top 30 most fragile states@ODIdev explores what approaches…
- 09 OctRT @Acclimatise: Can COP26 live up to the expectations of the Thunberg generation? Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute sh…
- 27 SepRT @miaamormottley: On Monday I participated in the UN Secretary-General's Climate Action Summit at the UNGA Hall. The increase in one degr…
- 27 Sep‘If you can solve a problem in its most challenging context, you can solve it anywhere’ says @antonioguterres on im… https://t.co/WQ8DiTrIeu
- 23 SepDominica Minister for Foreign Affairs and CARICOM @FrancineBaron stresses impact of climate change on health and ne… https://t.co/6vyrXTsVdu
- 23 SepShe stresses: ‘there is a growing crisis with respect to affordability of insurance in our countries’. SIDS will become unisurable
- 23 SepAmazing speech by Barbados PM @miaamormottley at #ClimateSummit today in representation of 20% of nations- ‘we refu… https://t.co/0gcGKvudFE
- 23 SepRT @adamvaughan_uk: Macron takes a dig at the US for pulling funding from Green Climate Fund #ClimateActionSummit
- 23 Sep.@antonioguterres ‘This is not a climate negotiation summit because you don’t negotiate with nature- it is a climat… https://t.co/9QsqL8xK44
- 23 SepRT @President_Heine: On the eve of the #ClimateActionSummit, 15 world leaders led by the Marshall Islands have committed to delivering new…
- 22 SepRT @firth_john: The #Caribbean is suffering again. #Tobago now hit by #TS_Karen will UK @foreignoffice respond by sending @RFAMountsBay @D…
- 22 SepRT @UNDPClimate: “UNDP is proud to join this Call for Action on Adaptation & Resilience, but let’s not carry on as usual. Adaptation needs…
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