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
07 AprLots of talk about using 📲 to track/respond to the ongoing pandemic recently A recent paper by @developmentdata (a… https://t.co/ZJqqwrVQoR- 03 Apr"Why We Can No Longer Ignore Consecutive Disasters" 😷🌀🌊🌋 With governments currently on their knees responding to… https://t.co/WaWooubzFK
- 01 AprThanks especially to the brilliant @Braced Myanmar team, Third Eye surveying, Johaness vE & the many assistants & r… https://t.co/adzDJlRvuN
- 01 AprWe hope that our research can spur on others to trial new way of tracking resilience in post-disaster contexts Sad… https://t.co/g1HWWqSaj5
- 01 AprPrioritise HHs that appear to suffer the most (in this case Female-HHs), and look to evidence to guide support wher… https://t.co/N08vZGatHt
- 01 AprWhat does all this mean? Firstly, more should be done to track the impacts of natural hazards on resilience over s… https://t.co/SbNC3EBiSo
- 01 AprMore importantly, we look at which groups fare better or worse in the aftermath of the flooding Again, we find tha… https://t.co/pEsAKrNUWf
- 01 AprWe can also compare R scores for different social groups When we do, it's clear that female-headed households are… https://t.co/nOoYRd3yGg
- 01 AprWhat do we find? A comparative drop in R scores for HHs directly-affected by flooding for up to 3 months after. Be… https://t.co/ZFI4hDXqFa
- 01 AprBy tracking perceived R scores over time, we saw a sharp fall in the first few months after flooding, before scores… https://t.co/fqDQQ88QMN
- 01 AprTo track resilience-capacities, we use two neat tools: 1) A 📲 phone survey (collecting remote near-real-time info)… https://t.co/BeJTQULBS6
- 01 AprWhat happens to a household's resilience shortly after a natural hazard? Using a high-frequency mobile phone surve… https://t.co/rkkZR9JYMn
- 27 Mar@schipper_lisa @drskid @TANGO_Int @FAOemergencies Is there space for two behind this magic sofa @drskid?
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- 26 MarWhat happens when you compare global risk indicators? Turns out measures (& ranking) of risk from natural hazards… https://t.co/ypup6rm0ra
- 25 MarImportant analysis showing the effects of the Italian lockdown on social mixing https://t.co/0Aloh8rQnr
- 25 Mar@rjtklein Nice to see different areas people perceive as receiving renewed attention. Clear messages on limits, c… https://t.co/Ogcvw6YNdH
