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The Centre for Integrated Research into Risk and Resillience invites you to join us online for the CIRRR 2023 Christmas Lecture.

Mark Pelling and CIRRR Directors Helen Adams and Tom Matthews will provide a critical take on some of the challenges to urban sustainability towards the end of the century.

A particular focus will be on the interaction between the potential for vulnerability reduction, limits to adaptation, and the non-material dimensions of living with climate change.

Click on the link above to join this special online event at 12.30pm on the 13th December.

Guest Speaker

Mark Pelling is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Geography. Mark is Professor in Risk and Disaster Reduction at UCL.

He has served as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report and Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) and as lead author on its Fifth Assessment Report.

 About the CIRR

The Centre for Integrated Research on Risk and Resilience (CIRRR) brings together researchers from across disciplines to explore transformational responses to climate risk reduction.

Drawing on resilience to understand the related social, political and economic underpinnings of the climate threats, CIRRR aims to improve entry points for policymakers and practitioners to engage in transformational adaptation pathways and local priorities to drive decision-making.

At this event

Professor Mark Pelling

Visiting Professor

Helen Adams

Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Tom Matthews

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography