The Decisions and Governance theme investigates how the presence of risk and uncertainty influences the design of successful policies in the areas of environmental management and climate change.

In Europe, the group has identified successful ways of involving citizens in the design of programmes to reduce flood risk, and is now applying these lessons to similar efforts in China and Japan. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the group has identified successful policies and decision-making systems to manage climate variability, including methods for transmitting seasonal climate forecasts to farmers, and helping subsistence farmers better navigate insurance markets. In North Africa, the group is currently examining the policies that reduce the uncertainty associated with investments in renewable energy. As part of that work, the team has developed the online model application, the Mediterranean Area Renewable Generation Estimator (MARGE). The group has recently published the book Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change.

Current work contributes to the EU funded SAFELAND project, the German BMBF funded ALICE project, as well as projects funded among others by the European Climate Foundation and the World Bank.

The group is currently working on seven separate projects:

Flood Risk Management in the Upper Tisza Region

Improving Trust and Understanding in the Development of Micro-Insurance

In All Fairness

Integrated Adaptive Management of Seismic Risks in the ToNankai Region

Reducing and Transferring Flood Risks in China’s Dongting Lake Region

SAFELAND: Living with landslide risk in Europe

Vulnerability and Adaptation in Mozambique

Past Projects:

ALICE: Actors' Long Term Investments in the Context of Climate and Energy

ANORAQ: Addressing North African Questions in the context of renewable energy development

For more information, contact Anthony Patt

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