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Tom Mitchell
Dr. Tom Mitchell is a Research Fellow at IDS, having previously been a member of the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre. He specialises in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. His interests include pro-poor climate and disaster governance and he co-ordinates the Children in a Changing Climate programme.
Selected Projects and Recent Work
- Climate and Disaster Governance
- Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience
- Pathways to Accountability in Disaster Risk Reduction
- Evaluating adaptation to climate change from a development perspective
- Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools
- Children in a Changing Climate
Thematic Expertise
Children and Youth; Climate Change; Development (General); Poverty; Social Protection.
Selected Publications »»
- Arnall, A., Oswald, K., Davies, M., Mitchell, T. and Coirolo, C. (2010) 'Adaptive Social Protection: Mapping the Evidence and Policy Context in the Agriculture Sector in South Asia', IDS Working Paper 345, Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T., Ibrahim, M., Harris, K., Hedger, M., Polack, E., Ahmed, A. and Hall, N. (2010) 'Climate Smart Disaster Risk Managment' , Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T., Tanner, T. and Haynes, K. (2009) 'Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippines' , Brighton: IDS
- Tanner, T., Mitchell, T., Polack, E. and Guenther, B. (2009) 'Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities', IDS Working Paper 315, Brighton: IDS
- Hedger, M., Mitchell, T., Leavy, J., Greeley, M. and Horrocks, L. (2009) 'Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation from a Development Perspective' in Feinstein, O. and van den Berg, R. (eds), Evaluating Climate Change and Development, Edison: Transaction Publishers
- Tanner, T., Mitchell, T., Polack, E. and Guenther, B. (2009) 'Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities', IDS Research Summary 315, Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T, Anderson, S and Huq, S (2009) 'Principles for Delivering Adaptation Finance' , Brighton:
- Mitchell, T. and Tanner, T. (2009) 'Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in the Development Process ', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.1, Brighton: IDS
- Tanner, T. and Mitchell, T. (2009) 'Pro-Poor Climate Change Adaptation: A Research Agenda', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.2, Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T. and Haynes, K. (2009) 'Role of Children in Adapting to Climate Change', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.4, Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T. and Collender, G. (2009) 'Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Development Countries', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.7, Brighton: IDS
- Tanner, T. and Mitchell, T. (2009) 'Towards 'Climate Smart' Organisations', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.8, Brighton: IDS
- Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Mitchell, T. and Tanner, T. (2009) 'Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 320, Brighton: IDS
- Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Mitchell, T., Tanner, T. (2008) 'Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth', IDS Working Paper 320, Brighton: IDS
- Mitchell, T., Sabates-Wheeler, R., Devereux, S., Tanner, T, Davies, M. and Leavy, J. (2008) 'Rural disaster risk-poverty interface'