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
15 SepYes, yes, yes 👏 "Power dynamics between institutions in the Global North and South can, if not adequately managed,… https://t.co/sTcL8Owadn- 02 SepRT @ONantermoz: Looking forward to hear @AudreyAlejand , @rachelefraser and @L_P_Jones on creating an academic website and how it contribut…
- 31 AugRT @TimoLeiter: @L_P_Jones @NatureClimate Apart from not including anything new, the commentary's assumption that #adaptation costs would a…
- 28 AugRT @gibranvita: Can resilience be purchased? Can rich countries build resilience in the global south by shaping investments and “suggesti…
- 27 AugGreat to see strong perspectives on scaling resilience from others fields But this seems blindingly technocentric:… https://t.co/Xmfksqzo6s
- 27 AugAwesome initiative. Tree planting is a vital cause (both for adaptation + mitigation). So why not aim spectacularl… https://t.co/tjFURSe0fm
- 13 AugConscious that the site also has a Github repository with csv files, but trying to up the web-scraping skills 😎
- 13 AugHaving to play around with COVID projections for an ongoing risk mapping project If anyone is in need of poorly wr… https://t.co/XBhxgcst5u
- 11 AugWant to know how tracking compound disaster risk can support better responses to COVID-19 (+ social protection)?… https://t.co/sjtRT73CDB
- 05 AugBeen playing around with global COVID projections from @youyanggu recently. Very interesting to see geographic sp… https://t.co/xelmN0xfrc
- 29 Jul@RichardTol Would have thought this sits squarely in the bracket of M+A co-benefits Increased tree planting, 'cool… https://t.co/OtjlxKg3Jl
- 29 Jul@RichardTol Replacement of asphalt with plants to dissipate heat isn't helping to address urban heat island effects?
- 29 Jul@RichardTol Yet, the majority of the content in the article was referring to the city's efforts at promoting local adaptation issues?
