Dr. David Dodman

Dr. Dodman, an expert at the International Institute for Environment and Development, specializes in climate change vulnerability and resilience in urban centers, with particular emphasis on understanding urban risks and their impacts on low-income residents across daily hazards, major disasters, and climate change. Through collaborations with local organizations, international agencies, and universities, they work to enhance resilience in urban communities and cities, bringing expertise in urban governance for adaptation, urban livelihoods in the context of climate change, and community-based environmental management, with a geographical focus on eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia.