Resilience needs to be at the heart of the post-2015 debate. Disasters inflict significant damage on local communities, with disproportionate effects felt by the poorest and most vulnerable. Disasters, alongside gradual stresses and ‘everyday crises’, are also responsible for significant...

Recent years have seen adaptation come to the fore of the international climate change debate. The focus is centred largely upon enhancing the capacity of developing countries and the poorest to adapt to the impacts of climate change. As a result, interventions to facilitate adaptation need to...