GSI Seminar Series: Science for Adaptation and Resilience Action ?€¡° a development perspective: Dr Kirsty Lewis
Dr Kirsty Lewis | Climate Science Advisor (Met Office and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ secondee) | Research and Evidence Division| Foreign, Commonwealth & Development
| A Global Systems Institute seminar | |
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| Date | 26 May 2021 |
| Time | 14:00 to 15:00 |
| Place | Zoom A Zoom link will be sent out prior to the webinar. If you are not on the GSI mailing list please contact infoGSI@exeter.ac.uk to receive more information |
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Abstract
Abstract: Tackling climate change and environment degradation is fundamental to achieving the Global Goals and is vital to the future growth and resilience of communities around the world. It is critical that we mitigate climate change in order to limit warming to a level that we hope can be managed through adaptation, but mitigation on its own is not enough – we still need to adapt to the warming that remains. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is on the front line of the UK Government’s efforts to support adaptation and resilience action in developing countries. A key challenge for the department is understanding what we actually mean by adaptation and resilience in a development context, and if and how this is different from traditional development?. As part of this there is an evolving understanding of what is needed from climate research to inform both policy and action. In my presentation I will address some of these questions and talk about the growing demand for inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches in climate research to inform adaptation and resilience action in a development context.
Bio:
Dr Kirsty Lewis holds a joint position at the Met Office and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Global Systems Institute, but is currently on secondment to the FCDO, where she is an advisor on the application of climate science to adaptation and resilience action for development. Her research interests relate to the effects of climate and climate change on human security and well-being, particularly in the context of complex human-environment system behaviours, and the challenges this provides for climate science.