Emily Wilkinson

Emily is a Principal Research Fellow at ODI (formerly the Overseas Development Institute) in the Global Risks and Resilience Programme and Director of the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI). She has 25 years’ experience as a researcher, analyst, journalist, lecturer and adviser to government, providing critical analysis and leading debate on resilience, sustainable development, climate change adaptation and risk governance. Her current work focuses on sustaining development in Small-Island Developing States (SIDS) in the context of climate change.

Emily has served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Climate Resilience Agency for Dominica (CREAD) from 2019-2023, supporting the nation’s ambition to become the first climate resilient country in the world; and was Co-director of the Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network.

Emily has a PhD in Human Geography from University College London (UCL).