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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Latest tweets from @L_P_Jones
20 SepRT @ashevenell: Your PhD advisor watching your first conference talk... https://t.co/43higHEh1m- 19 SepRT @sallylepage: Girls are better at quantum entanglement because they brush their hair more. https://t.co/mS5BLwgMrE
- 29 AugAnd I repeat (and concur): 'Disasters are not natural'. Insights from @IlanKelman on Hurricane Harvey. https://t.co/NX2oKW2S7S
- 16 AugLove maps? Dislike disasters? Then help the Red cross (@RCClimate) and partners crowdsource flood risk in Togo. Gre… https://t.co/IxHlbS2GbC
- 10 Aug@BlaneHarvey @YourPaperSucks If it helps, finally got reviewer comments from a paper submitted year and a half ago!… https://t.co/MSj7D1YcHN
- 10 AugRT @_RachelJames: Useful summary + review on East African rainfall by Sharon Nicholson. Of interest: @future_climate @KulimaIDS ? https://t…
- 01 Aug@JeffDSachs Only 63 of total 230 indicators were able to be included. Shows the importance of emphasising data coll… https://t.co/4HMuGI9J0O
- 01 Aug@JeffDSachs I'm definitely not against global indexes (politically powerful). Though need to be clear about limits.… https://t.co/ThbAkjS1y3
- 01 Aug@JeffDSachs Unsurprisingly, interesting bits are all in the Supplementary Materials: https://t.co/WeI3s61E9n.
- 01 AugAn SDG index? Attempt by @JeffDSachs and co to compute national scores to act as baseline and allow yearly tracking… https://t.co/7UcjIYzTRz
- 19 JulRT @BlaneHarvey: Wow! @CRC_CRC research chair at @yorkuniversity in Indigenous #Climate Justice. https://t.co/sKCU10wwyQ @ccadapt @hindouou…
- 10 JulExciting launch of London Centre 4 Global Disaster Protection. Big step forward. Though some media already attacking https://t.co/r9t6Qex75x
- 05 JunVery excited to start first round of mobile panel surveys looking at disaster risk and subjective resilience in Mya… https://t.co/lTSc50obT0
- 04 JunTM: "There is - to be frank - far too much tolerance of extremism in our country". Remarkably incendiary esp with timing!No basis whatsoever
- 04 JunRT @roysmithpolice: Stared shift taking photos with children playing on the Southbank. Ended it giving CPR to innocent victims attacked at…
- 31 MayFascinating listening to @tamsinmather's academic journey uncovering the mysteries of volcanoes https://t.co/3iaSCk6XRP
- 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
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