Global Islands' Vulnerability Research Adaptation Policy and Development (GIVRAPD)
Year
Location
Organization
Role
Description
May 2013- January 2016
St Lucia, Jamaica, Mauritius and Seychelles
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Project Manager - Managed an interdisciplinary team of researchers to implement a climate change adaptation research project successfully in four Small Island the Developing States in the Caribbean (St Lucia and Jamaica) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Seychelles) under the Global Islands' Vulnerability Research Adaptation Policy and Development (GIVRAPD) project.
The Global Islands’ Vulnerability Research, Adaptation, Policy and Development (GIVRAPD) project sought to understand the multiple social, economic, governance and environmental conditions that shape vulnerability and capacity to adapt to climate change by integrating scientific and local knowledge. It was a comparative study of four small coastal communities facing similar challenges and contexts in St. Lucia, Jamaica, the Seychelles and Mauritius, and provided insights that can be applied to other small island states. The project developed and evaluated practical local adaptation and climate compatible development portfolios, facilitated the mainstreaming and scaling-up of adaptation and climate compatible development, established scientific and professional networks and built capacity in the Caribbean.