Professor Tom Tanner's Outputs (7)

Towards ‘Climate Smart’ Organisations (2007)
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Tanner, T., & Mitchell, T. (2007). Towards ‘Climate Smart’ Organisations. [Blog post]

Development and environment organisations are increasingly seeking to become ‘climate smart’. This involves managing risks from the current and future climate while taking advantage of opportunities presented by climate change. Leading UK development... Read More about Towards ‘Climate Smart’ Organisations.

Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Development Processes (2007)
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Tanner, T., & Mitchell, T. (2007). Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Development Processes

Today climate change adaptation is a mainstream development issue. The UK Government-commissioned Stern Review last year analysed the economics of adaptation and NGO campaigns have focused on its justice and equity dimensions. The challenge now is to... Read More about Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Development Processes.

Pro-Poor Climate Change Adaptation: A Research Agenda (2007)
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Tanner, T., & Mitchell, T. (2007). Pro-Poor Climate Change Adaptation: A Research Agenda

About 420 million people live in chronic poverty, the majority of them from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty reduction efforts designed to help this group are threatened by climate change, but climate change adaptation may also present deve... Read More about Pro-Poor Climate Change Adaptation: A Research Agenda.

‘We know what we need’: South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mitchell, T., Tanner, T., & Lussier, K. ‘We know what we need’: South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation. Brighton

This report, from 2007, shows how, despite limited resources, information and support, women in poor areas of Bangladesh, India and Nepal have started to adapt to a changing climate and can clearly articulate what they need to secure and sustain thei... Read More about ‘We know what we need’: South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation.

Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance (2007)
Journal Article
Klein, R. J. T., Eriksen, S., Naess, L. O., Hammill, A., Tanner, T., Robledo, C., & O’Brien, K. L. (2007). Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance. Climatic Change, 84(1), 23-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9268-x

The need to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning and ongoing sectoral decision-making is increasingly recognised, and several bilateral and multilateral development agencies are starting to take an interest. Over the past... Read More about Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance.

ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening in DFID Bangladesh (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Hassan, A., Islam, K. N., Conway, D., Mechler, R., Uddin Ahmed, A., & Alam, M. ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening in DFID Bangladesh. Brighton

ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening in DFID India (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Nair, S., Bhattacharjya, S., Kumar Srivastava, S., Parth Sarthi, P., Sehgal, M., & Kull, D. ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening in DFID India. Brighton