Frontiers of Risk and Resilience
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- SOAS Main Building (R101) & Online
- Room
- Main Building R101
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
The summer of 2026 was the hottest ever on record for Western Europe, in May it was clear that we will live through a super El Nino this year and in September the United Nations Environment Programme underlined that breaching the 1.5°C threshold established at the Paris Climate Conference is now unavoidable.
Against this backdrop, when it comes to managing the risk of climate change and disasters there is little doubt that that the time for business as usual is well and truly over. We need to question existing assumptions that underpin risk management approaches.
In this discussion on the 'Frontiers for Climate Risk Management', Aditya will present his thoughts on a transformed risk future and its implications.
About the speaker
Dr Adiya Bahadur
Aditya is the Director of the Climate Centre. He has nearly two decades of experience in working on climate change and development with governments, international agencies, research institutes and local civil society organisations. He has a MA and PHD in development studies, focusing on resilience and has completed a post-doctoral programme on urban climate resilience.
Chair: Thomas Tanner, Professor, Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London
The event is free to attend, but registration is required.
This event is part of the SOAS Global Development Seminar Series
Image credit: Francesco Ungaro via Unsplash
