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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15 NovRT @LSE_LACC: "Risk profiles relate to topography. Dominica and St Vincent are volcanic islands with steep, unstable slopes, making resilie…- 15 NovRT @ODIclimate: After the hurricanes of 2017, @emilycwilkinson offers three ways the #Caribbean can build back better in @LSE_LACC: 1⃣Refor…
- 01 NovRT @L_P_Jones: Very proud to relaunch @Braced's 'Resilience Dashboard'! Visualising data from a unique mobile phone survey tracking how hou…
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- 01 NovRT @flo_pichon: Forget witches, zombies, and vampires... behold the most frightening halloween costume I could think of! Read more scary fa…
- 31 OctDisasters are often predictable and governments should be legally obliged to protect their citizens. An internation… https://t.co/sMe3EU9gLQ
- 30 OctWonderful examples from @mairidupar of community organisation and women in central roles creating resilient develop… https://t.co/uw36hqRxFQ
- 16 OctRT @tommytanner: An impressive level of enthusiasm among Bangladeshi iNGOs for using forecasts to anticipate and take early action on disas…
- 13 OctRT @unisdr: "I would argue that disasters are neither natural nor conflict neutral…Disaster risk reduction in conflict situations should be…
- 08 OctRT @davepetley: The #Palu #landslides, triggered by the #Sulawesiearthquake, may have been the worst mass movement event in terms of loss o…
- 07 OctAs NGOs venture into the world of climate information services, the need to build state capacity is greater than ev… https://t.co/lvSfD8hc4T
- 06 OctRT @jellsmoor: "The island of #Dominica has a 15 percent variation in its real GDP growth based entirely on fluctuations in oil prices." #…
- 04 OctRT @ODIdev: #Blockchain can be harnessed as a positive force for environmental sustainability. Our new briefing explores the challenges it…
- 03 OctRT @otaylor9426: We need to know more about #indonesiatsunami but seems (again) that an early warning system failed. So many things can go…
- 30 SepRT @MayorofLondon: I’m backing a public vote so that the British people get the final say on Brexit – retweet to show your support. https:/…
- 21 SepRT @martaforesti: Out now on @ODIdev-New edition of popular collection series on impact of #migration on #SDGs, incl. poverty,decent work,h…
- 12 SepRT @Emma_FlahertySN: Sarah Barr from @StartNetwork on Start’s collaborative project with @ODIdev and @RCClimate on scaling up forecast bas…
- 07 SepRT @E_lovel: NEW @Braced report: How does #resilience change over time? Tracking post #disaster #recovery and people’s perceptions of their…
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