Lindsey Jones
Lindsey works 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.
Media coverage
Latest tweets from @L_P_Jones
20 Jan'Build back better' is easier to say than do. Fascinating new paper on the impacts of disasters on future DRR poli… https://t.co/KFhptQByEn- 19 Jan@ColinMcQuistan @grp_resilience @floodalliance @Gobeshona 🙏🙏. Mainly the great minds of coauthors @Nate_Matthews_ ,… https://t.co/bFlJArx3Qq
- 08 JanTurns out building equitable transformation is harder than it seems... 🤔 While drastic measures are needed to supp… https://t.co/5B6oMr6R8s
- 04 JanPriorities for advancing resilience measurement now out in @naturesustainab🎉 1⃣Promote shared principles for RM 2⃣… https://t.co/SdIweIaIr9
- 02 JanTwo manuscript review requests from the same journal land in the inbox early on the 1st 🎁 I know expectations a… https://t.co/LsEJMy0fDW
- 18 DecCongrats 👏 An Awesome initiative and looking forward to seeing what comes out of this in the near future https://t.co/6zuUtQuf5g
- 15 DecGreat study and thread on the social and cultural barriers to adaptation facing women 👏👏👏 https://t.co/LtTHnmC0WF
- 02 DecAs the world in 2020 faces one threat after the other... 🧨 ...come learn how to better track compound risk & hear… https://t.co/THFv5RSX4z
- 16 NovAwesome to talk shop with @Yann_le_Polain on challenges with tracking and measuring resilience Clearly need to w… https://t.co/YCCOtxOLjm
- 12 NovCOVID highlights how little we know about how different risks interact (⛈️x🏜️x⛑️x🔫) Come join a discussion on late… https://t.co/JoNBgY8oub
- 09 NovTurns out we don't know much about why trees die in the tropics 🤷♂️ New @nature study looks at tree deaths across… https://t.co/BJYZbXd9ij
- 28 Oct@jcgaillard_uoa @EmmanuelRaju7 @COPE_KU Looks fascinating! Will the event be recorded and shared by any chance?
- 23 OctCoincidentally @schipper_lisa, awesome to see you draw on and recommend some of our old ideas on maladaptation with… https://t.co/a5pTaMyJ5Y
- 23 OctA must read 👏 "Maladaptation is thus not just a waste of time and money; it is when an action results in condition… https://t.co/1J1Kl0X8mO
- 19 OctMake Sustainable Development Cool Again ❄️😎 Fascinating take on why cooling systems should be higher up the develo… https://t.co/cgbVOCIgkw
