Department of Development Studies (DEV)

Livelihood resilience in a changing world – 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Tanner, T., van der Geest, K., & Warner, K. Livelihood resilience in a changing world – 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future

2015 is a time for opportunity. The coming years will witness the development of three inter-related international policy frameworks around sustainable development, climate change and disasters. An international policy window for climate change and d... Read More about Livelihood resilience in a changing world – 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future.

The geography of poverty and climate extremes (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Wilkinson, E., Tanner, T., Simonet, C., & Pichon, F. The geography of poverty and climate extremes. London

This chapter presents the challenge of reducing extreme poverty under climate change. It argues that climate extremes are the manifestations of climate change most likely to affect poverty over the next 25 years, with impacts on lives, livelihoods an... Read More about The geography of poverty and climate extremes.

The Triple Dividend of Resilience: Realising development goals through the multiple benefits of disaster risk management (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Surminski, S., Wilkinson, E., Reid, R., Rentschler, J., & Rajput, S. The Triple Dividend of Resilience: Realising development goals through the multiple benefits of disaster risk management. London

Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique (2015)
Journal Article
Naess, L. O., Newell, P., Newsham, A., Phillips, J., Quan, J., & Tanner, T. (in press). Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique. Global Environmental Change, 35, 534-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.015

Despite the growth in work linking climate change and national level development agendas, there has been limited attention to their political economy. These processes mediate the winners, losers and potential trade-offs between different goals, and t... Read More about Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique.

Ensuring climate information guides long-term development (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, L., Dougill, A., Jones, R. G., Steynor, A., Watkiss, P., Kane, C., Koelle, B., Moufouma-Okia, W., Padgham, J., Ranger, N., Roux, J.-P., Suarez, P., Tanner, T., & Vincent, K. (2015). Ensuring climate information guides long-term development. Nature Climate Change, 5, 812-814. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2701

Many sub-Saharan countries are failing to include climate information in long-term development planning. Ensuring climate-resilient development requires a step change in how medium- to long-term climate information is produced, communicated and utili... Read More about Ensuring climate information guides long-term development.

Resilience in the SDGs: Developing an indicator for Target 1.5 that is fit for purpose (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bahadur, A., Lovell, E., Wilkinson, E., & Tanner, T. Resilience in the SDGs: Developing an indicator for Target 1.5 that is fit for purpose. London

An appropriate indicator for target 1.5 is needed. This paper provides one proposal as a first step to stimulate further debate. We outline a comprehensive approach for developing a cross-sectoral, multi-dimensional and dynamic understanding of resil... Read More about Resilience in the SDGs: Developing an indicator for Target 1.5 that is fit for purpose.

Measuring 'subjective resilience': using peoples' perceptions to quantify household resilience (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jones, L., & Tanner, T. Measuring 'subjective resilience': using peoples' perceptions to quantify household resilience. London

How should we measure a household’s resilience? As resilience gathers momentum on the international stage, interest in this question continues to grow. So far, efforts to measure resilience have largely focused on the use of ‘objective’ frameworks an... Read More about Measuring 'subjective resilience': using peoples' perceptions to quantify household resilience.

Promoting the use of climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the Future Climate For Africa scoping phase (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jones, L., Carabine, E., Roux, J.-P., & Tanner, T. Promoting the use of climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the Future Climate For Africa scoping phase. London

While the impacts of climate change are being felt by people and communities now, many of the most severe impacts will be felt in the decades to come. This presents significant barriers to achieving long-term development objectives – particularly in... Read More about Promoting the use of climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the Future Climate For Africa scoping phase.

The contribution of ecosystem services to human resilience: a rapid review (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Carabine, E., Cabot Venton, C., Tanner, T., & Bahadur, A. The contribution of ecosystem services to human resilience: a rapid review. London

Frameworks that link ecosystems services (ES) and human resilience are still nascent. The links between ES and human wellbeing are still not well understood, and links to resilience even less so. The debate around human resilience in itself is still... Read More about The contribution of ecosystem services to human resilience: a rapid review.

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