<p>Tom leads ODI's work on Adaptation and Resilience. He is a development geographer working on adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change, including the politics of climate change policy processes, organisational change, poverty, vulnerability and climate adaptation, children and disasters, and building resilience in urban contexts.
Tom has 20 years of experience as a researcher, policy maker, practitioner, and negotiator in UN conventions on climate and desertification.