Research article by Kevin M. Adams on 31 Jan 2022
The authors of this paper provide a a synthesis of knowledge on how, by whom and where adaptation actions can be taken in the agriculture and industrial sectors to reduce these transboundary climate risks (TCRs).
Research article by Tobias Kruse, Giles Atkinson on 25 Jan 2022
Using a representative sample of the UK population, the authors of this paper use a discrete choice experiment to explore the way in which distributional considerations drive respondent decisions in two dimensions: (a) among recipients of adaptation finance in recipient developing countries, and (b) among those who contribute to this finance (via taxation).
Working paper by Amir Lebdioui on 21 Jan 2022
In this first study of the potential of biomimicry as an innovation strategy in developing countries, the author investigates how nations can leverage their biodiversity as a knowledge bank of solutions to both current and future challenges.
Research article by Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Declan Conway, Swenja Surminski on 24 Dec 2021
In this paper the authors advance a novel approach to integrated assessment of the ways in which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are likely to manifest and interact within a given development context, using Q-Methodology and the conceptual framing of imaginaries.
Book by Denyse S. Dookie on 23 Dec 2021
This chapter reviews global- and Caribbean-relevant literature regarding disaster risk management and reduction, as well as ongoing strategies and policies.
Working paper by Manuel Linsenmeier on 17 Dec 2021
In this paper, the author assembles a new set of quarterly and six-monthly temperature and GDP data for 98 countries and develops a new estimation strategy to attribute observed fluctuations in GDP to changes in temperature.
Working paper by Sara Mehryar, Swenja Surminski on 11 Dec 2021
This paper investigates how methods used to model perceptions and measure resilience can help decision-makers create inclusive and proactive flood resilience strategies for communities, using a case study of Lowestoft, Eastern England.
Research article by Sara Mehryar, Idan Sasson, Swenja Surminski on 4 Dec 2021
Many approaches and tools have been developed and used to measure climate resilience in cities. The authors of this study explore if and how such tools can be or have been used to support decision-making for building urban climate resilience.
Policy publication by Rob Macquarie, Declan Conway, Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Sara Mehryar, Viktor Rözer, Nicholas Stern, Swenja Surminski, Bob Ward on 25 Nov 2021
A submission based on work from across the Grantham Research Institute to the FCDO’s recent call for evidence to inform the UK’s forthcoming International Development Strategy.
Working paper by Shilpita Mathews, Viktor Rözer, Swenja Surminski on 22 Nov 2021
Using the example of flood risk in England and Wales, this study looks at both the evidence for and drivers of business lock-ins to the physical risks from climate change. The findings show that decisions made today can lock businesses into future risk trajectories that may be difficult and costly to change.
