Lindsey Jones
Lindsey is a Research Fellow working on issues of climate change, adaptation and development. His background lies in international development and global environmental governance.
Lindsey Jones is a Fellow working on issues of climate change, adaptation and development.
Lindsey has previously worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Nepal (supporting the country’s National Adaptation Plan of Action) and the World Food Programme. Lindsey has an MSc in Environmental Policy from the University of Oxford and has experience working in Southern and Eastern Africa (namely Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, and South Africa), and Southern and South-Eastern Asia (India, Nepal, and Cambodia).
Current (and future) research activities/interests include:
- Evaluating the effectiveness of adaptation planning/programming
- Tracking adaptation finance at different scales
- Supporting adaptation and resilience in fragile and conflict-affect areas
- Designing new tools to promote adaptation and DRR awareness (such as 'policy gaming')
- Identifying and overcoming barriers to adaptation
- Understanding the Political Economy of adaptation
- Exploring barriers and opportunities to the uptake of climate science in supporting long-term decision making
If interested in finding out more about these projects, or discussing potentional collaborations, please get in contact directly.
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18 May@Virginie_LeM has a shiny new book! All you've ever wanted to know about gender and climate change in this tour de… https://t.co/K7P5PWT0jJ- 12 May@yloxford @padmini_iyer @Rhi_Moore @oby_bridget Link to the PDF on the landing site doesn't seem to be working :( https://t.co/0Qez0R1BXR
- 10 May@TKajumba @IrlEmbTanzania Definitely an issue to consider carefully! Keen 2 know how info is communicated - what ha… https://t.co/YlB5S3tPl7
- 04 MayClimate services goes mobile in Tanzania: 'Free Mobile Phones to Boost Awareness On Climate and Weather' https://t.co/wqPv9mTWuB
- 20 AprRT @martaforesti: Quite simply the most interesting #job on the planet #adaptdev @leniwild @fp2p https://t.co/iBe1SCxDi1
- 18 AprRT @stuheritage: I think I’m going to vote for the Dig A Hole In My Garden, Fill It With Water And Fucking Drown Myself Party
- 17 AprPause for thought: Impact of NO2 on wellbeing 'broadly comparable to many major life events' (unemploy & widowhood) https://t.co/45iDzil94a
- 13 AprPotential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions. New paper with many wonderful co-authors:… https://t.co/g23Z5RDd90
- 03 Mar@guyyeomans Not sure if the pre-print has/will be put up online (@ilonamotto ?). Happy to DM a PDF version if interested?
- 03 MarAll you could ever want to know about the impacts of climate change on social vulnerability in one handy place:… https://t.co/QT8ym8gvc0
- 27 FebInteresting way of using climate variability to run a randomised control trial looking at climate and conflict link… https://t.co/mzVtICP7rA
- 16 FebRT @BrianNosek: Comment from Danny Kahneman on his revised understanding of behavior priming (link for full context) : https://t.co/8KtK51v…
- 13 FebRT @NWSCPC: #LaNina conditions are no longer present, with neutral ENSO conditions favored through Spring. More at: https://t.co/yAYzAF1g…
- 07 Feb@L_P_Jones Saw @OlaRosling give passionate and thought provoking talk last week. Hope Gapminder will continue the Rosling's great work
- 07 Feb@me_elfs No, but very linked (both use mob to assess post-dis capacities). Speaking with @WFP & @mobileVAM colleagues - lots to share/learn!
- 27 JanRT @xnicorn: 'It is now illegal to ejaculate, unless it's for reproduction' https://t.co/cqhuPFw0PM
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