A sustained body of work focused on the Caribbean’s most pressing climate and adaptation challenges and pathways to a more resilient, sustainable future
Principal Investigator
International Climate Initiative, IKI
Field research behind the Livelihood Protection Policy, a weather index insurance product for fishers and low-income households. Surveys, focus groups and workshops in five countries fed straight into product design.
Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago
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Vulnerability and Adaptation Specialist
Government of St Kitts and Nevis
Assessed climate risk to coasts, water, agriculture and tourism, appraised adaptation options and validated them with national stakeholders.
St Kitts and Nevis
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Principal Investigator and Head, Regional Centre
UNEP / GEF
The Caribbean regional centre I lead helps seven governments rank adaptation and mitigation technologies, map the barriers and write technology action plans under the UNFCCC.
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, St Kitts and Nevis
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Co-Principal Investigator
Climate Investment Funds / IDB
Baseline evaluation of watershed condition, water and livelihoods in the Upper Rio Minho before an IDB-financed adaptation programme began.
Jamaica
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Advancing Climate Justice and Transformational Adaptation in the Sustainable Island State Agenda
Open Society Foundations · St Kitts and Nevis
Capacity Building Program to Improve Stakeholder Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Jamaica
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT · Jamaica
Adaptation Fund Concept Note and Full Proposal for the Trinidad and Tobago National Project
Development Bank of Latin America & the Caribbean · Trinidad and Tobago
Integrating Climate Information and Decision Processes for Regional Climate Resilience, Phase II (IRAP)
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University · Jamaica
Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, Grenada Second National Communication to the UNFCCC
Government of Grenada · Grenada
Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment (Agriculture and Tourism), Jamaica Third National Communication to the UNFCCC
Government of Jamaica · Jamaica
Partnership for Canada-Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) · Jamaica, Saint Lucia
Global Islands' Vulnerability Research, Adaptation, Policy and Development
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) · Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Mauritius, Seychelles
Co-Investigator
Jamaica-South Africa Joint Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Compares how farming communities in Jamaica's Rio Grande Valley and South Africa use traditional knowledge to keep crop diversity alive next to protected areas.
Jamaica, South Africa
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Co-Investigator
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Built a monitoring system that tracks both reef ecology and fisher livelihoods so managers can see the effect of their decisions.
Jamaica, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines
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Co-Investigator
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Linked coastal ecosystem services to the wellbeing of fishing communities to improve how Jamaica governs its coasts.
Jamaica
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Principal Investigator
European Union / ACP
Assessed how well Jamaica's land and marine protected areas are managed, feeding the regional protected areas data platform.
Jamaica
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Final Assessment of the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Investment
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) · Haiti, Jamaica
Promoting Conservation of Peckham Woods Key Biodiversity Area, Clarendon
CEPF · Jamaica
Strengthening Institutional Capacity of the Local Forest Management Committee in the Dolphin Head Forest Area
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) · Jamaica
Implementing the Hellshire Hills and Portland Ridge Sub-Areas Management Plans
Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (CCAM) · Jamaica
Co-Investigator
Irish Aid, Our Shared Ocean Programme
A cyclone intensity model that accounts for ocean heat to give better estimates of extreme wind, surge and waves. I also redesigned the technical cooperation abstract for a follow-on IDB operation, which is still being finalised.
Caribbean region
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Principal Investigator
UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
A research network that brought scientists, governments and communities together to learn from recovery after Irma and Maria.
Dominica, Montserrat, Grenada
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Principal Investigator
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Community risk profiles and learning products for the CDB fund, from Trinityville and Savanna-la-Mar to Toledo and Tortola.
Belize, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines
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Principal Investigator
Westmoreland Municipal Corporation
Training for municipal staff in Westmoreland on adaptation and risk reduction tools they could apply in local planning.
Jamaica
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Community Assessment of Readiness Tool (CART)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) · Belize, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Connecting Communities for Climate and Disaster Risk Preparedness
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) · Dominica
Evaluation of Hurricane Sandy Emergency Appeal Operations
IFRC · Jamaica
Co-Principal Investigator
World Bank
Analysis and consultations with fisheries departments and fisherfolk to shape World Bank fisheries investments.
Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada
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Lead Consultant
KfW
Compared candidate sites for a new no-take fish sanctuary in Jamaica's largest protected area, weighing reef condition against fisher needs.
Jamaica
Principal Investigator
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
Wrote the national plan for how Jamaica's fisheries sector adapts to climate change.
Jamaica
Co-Investigator
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Assessed the storm protection that mangroves, seagrass and reefs provide, and trained national teams to use nature-based adaptation.
Grenada, Jamaica
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Technical Review of the Management Plan for the Pedro Cays and Surrounding Reefs
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) · Jamaica
Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on the Fisheries Sector in Jamaica
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) · Jamaica
Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative
UK Department for International Development (DFID) · Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Community and Project Development Specialist
Deloitte for IDB Invest
Led the community side of the response to harbour dredging: impacts on fishing grounds, consultations and new livelihood options.
Jamaica
Principal Investigator
World Bank (PPCR)
National consultations with fisherfolk to shape the World Bank-financed community resilience project.
Jamaica
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Principal Investigator
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
The social and economic baseline for Barbuda's post-Irma master plan, including appraisal of port, marina and waterfront options.
Antigua and Barbuda
Principal Investigator
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Measured who depends on the Wag Water watershed and their willingness to pay into a water fund for Kingston's supply.
Jamaica
Socio-Economic Assessment of the Rio Bueno-White River, Rio Nuevo and Wag Water Watershed Management Units
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) · Jamaica
Socio-Economic Assessment of Communities in the Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Management Areas
GEF / IDB · Jamaica
Mid-term Evaluation, Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean, Phase II
UK DFID · Grenada, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica
Evaluation of the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change Project
USAID · Jamaica