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.
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13 Sep@Susannahfisher @JeanetBentzen Indeed! Was meant more in relation to the study's data (rather than data at large).… https://t.co/ws3VfxdPM7- 13 SepFYI, @VolcanoJenni, finding also applies to volcanoes, though interestingly 'only in districts within 1000 km of a… https://t.co/qkMcbCzBL5
- 13 SepImpressive work by @JeanetBentzen looks at religion as a coping mechanism after natural hazards. Finds individuals… https://t.co/qGrzxu9lIj
- 12 SepRT @louise_seamster: umm...I did not anticipate the collision of revenge porn and debt product. shame on me I guess https://t.co/Yea980Hk0D
- 10 SepFindings from research suggest some overlap between how researchers see resilience & how people see it themselves.… https://t.co/1zluV1vX17
- 10 SepWe can use a statistical model to see whether factors contribute positively/negatively to resilience. Many factors… https://t.co/y9DAUL7AvR
- 10 SepWhen we break this down by looking at different factors that are assumed to contribute to household resilience, we… https://t.co/Ewlfymgwwk
- 10 SepTo our knowledge this is the first direct comparison between a subjective and objective measurement approach. Overa… https://t.co/VDUNAraDeV
- 10 SepNew paper w/@FAOclimate compares like-for-like who researchers think are resilient (objective), with if people thin… https://t.co/BPX4X1UQex
- 07 SepRT @E_lovel: NEW @Braced report: How does #resilience change over time? Tracking post #disaster #recovery and people’s perceptions of their…
- 04 Sep
- 03 Sep@gotonura Important new article! Though sad to see that despite the text acknowledging "disasters are... 'unnatural… https://t.co/UW6tuPJkiT
- 13 Aug(5/5) By using phones we are able to keep 95% of individuals in the survey 1 yr later! Though approach uses subject… https://t.co/w2d1CfYYlx
- 13 Aug(4/n) Interestingly, most groups show slight differences when comparing directly & indirectly affected households (… https://t.co/DF9vfKXcnj
- 13 Aug(3/n) Somewhat surprisingly, the size of the flood's impacts were severe not only for households directly in harm's… https://t.co/0t48kCjOF9
- 13 Aug(2/n) We gave out 1,200 mobile phones & solar chargers to households in Eastern Myanmar & tracked the impact of dev… https://t.co/NMxCByiyKk
- 13 AugOur new @Braced report tracks what happens to resilience after a disaster. Using mobile phone surveys we're able to… https://t.co/U6P7YnLSs9
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