pre-disaster resilience Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Designing a funding framework for the impacts of slow-onset climate change — insights from recent experiences with planned relocation

Research article

by Architesh Panda and Swenja Surminski

on 17 May, 2021

Effective management of slow-onset impacts such as coastal erosion, desertification and sea level rise and their often-transformative impacts on communities... Read more

Designing a funding framework for the slow-onset impacts of climate change: insights from recent experiences with planned relocation

Working paper

by Jonathan Boston, Architesh Panda and Swenja Surminski

on 18 August, 2020

Drawing on relevant global experience, this paper investigates recent approaches to planned relocation of communities as one possible response to climate change impacts. Read more

Designing a funding framework for the slow-onset impacts of climate change

Commentary

by Jonathan Boston, Architesh Panda and Swenja Surminski

on 18 August, 2020

Jonathan Boston, Architesh Panda and Swenja Surminski suggest a series of principles to guide pre-emptive, fair and effective funding systems for planned relocation in response to slow-onset climate change impacts. Read more

Photo (right): A deserted temple on the eastern Indian coast in the state of Odisha after villagers were relocated in 2016 due to impacts of coastal erosion over the last few decades. Photo: Architesh Panda

A new mindset for resilience in the face of concurrent climate and health risks

Commentary

by Swenja Surminski

on 10 June, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates the need to invest much more in pre-disaster risk reduction and preparedness for a range of risks, including climate change and its accompanying hazards such as flooding. But what, asks Swenja Surminski, does this kind of investment need to consider in practice – and why is ‘resilience’ not already widely taken into account when making policy and investment decisions? Read more