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Climate Change Team
Reducing poverty and promoting social justice in a changing climate
Climate Change Team
The Climate Change Team carries out research and policy analysis on climate change and development. We also support and build networks, and offer teaching and training. We aim to contribute to reducing poverty and increasing social justice in a changing climate, and to help shape economic growth that is both sustainable and inclusive.
We particularly focus on how climate change affects poor people. We also look at how policies for adaptation and low-carbon development are shaped by economic and political power, and by the use of different types of knowledge by experts, donors, governments and poor people. We collaborate closely with other research teams and knowledge management experts across IDS, the University of Sussex and a strong network of partners in developing countries.
We have four core research themes:
- Vulnerability and Resilience – Building adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies that contribute to eradicating poverty.
- Knowledge and Learning – Improving our understanding of whose voices and whose knowledge counts in climate policies.
- Low-carbon Development – Meeting the challenge of achieving sustainable economic growth.
- Global Governance – Working towards governance of energy, food, water and land that protects poor people.
For more information on how we work to prepare development professionals to address climate change challenges, see our Teaching, Training and Mentoring pages.
For further information about our work, please contact Hannah Bywaters.
Climate Change Team news
01 Feb 12 ‘If disasters are changing, why aren’t we?’ asks new disaster guide
A new step-by-step guide aims to promote joined-up thinking and action in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.
16 Jan 12 Making an impact: Fellowships and writing workshops for South Asia’s climate change researchers
Applications are now open for a new programme providing fellowships and writing workshops for South Asian researchers during 2012.
09 Jan 12 Community radio: the right frequency for climate justice
Community radio stations can lead the way in making climate knowledge ‘open access’, new research shows.
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- Hiraldo, R and Tanner, T (2011) 'The Global Political Economy of REDD+ Engaging Social Dimensions in the Emerging Green Economy' , UNRISD
- Harvey, B (2011) 'Climate Airwaves: Community Radio, Action Research and Advocacy for Climate Justice in Ghana', International Journal of Communication 5:2035-2058, USC Annenberg Press
- Harvey, B. and Mitchell, T. (2011) 'ICT-Enabled Knowledge Sharing in North-South Partnerships: Lessons from the AfricaAdapt Network' , Manchester: University of Manchester
- Tanner, T. (2011) 'The Political Economy of Climate Change and Development', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 20, Brighton: IDS
- Raul Chambote and Alex Shankland (2011) 'Country Ownership, Stakeholder Participation and the Political Economy of Priority-Setting in the Mozambique Pilot Program for Climate Resilience' , IDS
