Themes
Citizen engagement and accountability
What are the ideal policy processes and optimal accountability mechanisms that allow vulnerable citizens to influence adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies at every level?
What role for social protection?
Can social protection instruments provide tools for integrating a reduction in vulnerability to climate change and disasters for different scales of poverty and vulnerability?
Institution building in fragile states
What are the challenges and opportunities in fragile states for tackling climate change and disaster vulnerabilities and risks in an integrated way?
Implications of international policy frameworks
What are the impacts of international climate change and disaster management agreements on national and local capacities for disaster risk reduction and adaptation?

