A person wading down a river next to houses

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Disaster risk

Our research recognises that disaster risk and development are closely linked: it is development processes that largely determine who and what is exposed to risk as well how much, and how effectively they can respond. SEI works to integrate disaster risk reduction with equitable, sustainable and resilient development.

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Men and women having a discussion around a tabel

Using learning to harness social and organizational culture for disaster risk reduction

SEI working paper

20 October 2016 / About Disaster risk and Participation

Helicopter over a flooding city

Inclusive local planning is vital for successful climate adaptation in peri-urban areas

Perspective / A study of areas and risks in Thailand found that comprehensive, locally based urban planning is crucial to long-term climate adaptation.

19 October 2016 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk and Participation

The SEI Gender and Social Equity Programme

SEI brief

11 October 2016 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Participation, Renewables and Sanitation

Environmental disaster after tsunami

SEI’s work on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development

SEI brief

4 October 2016 / About Disaster risk

Landslide onto a highway in Guatemala City.

Defining loss and damage: The science and politics around one of the most contested issues within the UNFCCC

SEI brief / This discussion brief examines four key traits associated with loss and damage in policy discussions

19 September 2016 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk and Finance

a long line of shipping containers on the side of a road

Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index: Indicators of country-level exposure – methodology report

SEI working paper / This paper presents a framework for analysing countries’ exposure to transnational climate impacts.

28 June 2016 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk and Public policy

A boy walks through the main square of Nui Island in Tuvalu, flooded for weeks after Cyclone Pam. Photo: Silke von Brockhausen/UNDP

Q&A: Frank Thomalla on disaster risk in the Asia Pacific region

Feature

2 June 2016 / About Adaptation, Cities and Disaster risk

Rice fields

Increasing vulnerability to the impacts of natural hazards and extreme events

Other publication / This report chapter examines the factors that are driving disaster risk in the Asia and Pacific region.

20 May 2016 / About Disaster risk

Dry soil

Livelihood resilience in a changing world: 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future

SEI brief

10 May 2016 / About Adaptation and Disaster risk