This analysis shows that urban flood resilience as a concept has evolved over the last two decades. From an engineering concept with a strong focus on ensuring that the built environment can withstand a flood to a more recent definition as a transformative process with the aim to enable all parts of the urban system to live with floods and learn from previous shocks. Read more
The authors of this paper offer a critical review and an assessment of approaches to climate and disaster resilience measurement with a particular focus on three issues: (1) the consideration of compounding socioeconomic and climatic risks in approaches to resilience measurement; (2) the methodological and technical aspects of resilience measurement; and (3) the application and practicability of resilience measurement across various contexts to reliably inform decision-making processes. Read more
In this blog post Swenja Surminski discusses new research which shows that insurance policies can produce useful information on climate risks and help to build effective risk management and decision-making. Read more
In this editorial article for Brink News Swenja Surminski highlights the importance of climate risk management and resilience for public and private sector institutions. Read more
A letter by Bob Ward, the Grantham Research Institute's policy and communications director, to the Prime Minister, on the need to create a cross-departmental National Heat Risk Strategy for the UK. Read more
Swenja Surminski outlines things insurance and risk management can do to help build a more resilient future. Read more
This paper summarises the Institute's submission to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ call for evidence on policy direction to prepare the UK for flooding and coastal erosion, drawing on a decade of work by the Grantham Research Institute with the insurance industry and policymakers addressing issues around climate change and adaptation. Read more
This commentary reviews how both the insurance sector and its partners could build on the growing momentum and overcome the continuing barriers to deep implementation of sustainable insurance practices over the coming decade. Read more
