Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children Research reports and studies | March 2019 | Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd and John Twigg Examining the links between child and adolescent poverty and climate- and natural hazard-related disasters at different stages of children's lives. Downloads
Children in disaster-prone areas in India twice as likely to be living in poverty – new report Press release | 14 March 2019 New report has for the first time calculated the true extent that disasters and climate hazards influence child poverty in India and Kenya Find out more
Protection in local response to disasters: challenges and insights from the Pacific region Working and discussion papers | October 2018 | Larissa Fast and Kate Sutton This framing paper explores the existing literature on protection and localisation in disasters, focusing on the Pacific. Downloads
Disaster Risk Reduction and violent conflict in Africa and Arab states: implications for the Sendai Framework priorities Briefing papers | October 2018 | Katie Peters and Laura E.R. Peters Examining the role of violent conflict in disaster vulnerability and its impact on the Sendai Framework priorities in Africa and the Arab region. Downloads
How does resilience change over time? Tracking post-disaster recovery using mobile phone surveys Working and discussion papers | August 2018 | Lindsey Jones, Paola Ballon and Johannes von Engelhardt In this paper we track post-disaster recovery and changes in levels of resilience over time using events using a mobile phone panel survey of 1,200 people. Downloads
Disability inclusion and disaster risk reduction: overcoming barriers to progress Briefing papers | July 2018 | John Twigg, Maria Kett and Emma Lovell This briefing note identifies five key challenges that must be addressed in order to promote disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction and response. Downloads
Disasters and conflict in a changing climate Page | July 2018 Advancing the nexus of disasters, climate change and conflict to address critical gaps in the way risk is understood and acted on. Find out more
Equity and inclusion in a multi-hazard context Page | July 2018 Enhancing understanding of how people who are marginalised are often the most vulnerable to the effects of environmental shocks and stresses. Find out more
Disaster risk reduction in Asia: a view from the Ministerial Conference Insight | 5 July 2018 | Katie Peters 'More than half of all climate-related disaster deaths in Asia between 1997 and 2016 occurred in the region’s four most fragile countries.' Read and comment
More than half of all climate-related disaster deaths in Asia occur in just four fragile states – ODI report Press release | 29 June 2018 New report warns 55% of climate-related disaster deaths between 1997 and 2016 took place in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh Find out more
