Collaborating to develop a game playing with time
We colloborated with two UKRI projects drawing on archaeology and electrical engineering to develop a game about adaptation decision-making and time.
Working paper: a framework for accountability in adaptation
This working paper seeks to build a more comprehensive understanding of accountability in adaptation.
Improving climate finance through democratic accountability mechanisms
This briefing by Accountable Adaptation’s guest parliamentary fellow looks at some of the ways parliamentary oversight could foster accountability of international climate finance.
Policy input: Evaluating the sustainability of adaptation outcomes
Ex-post evaluations for adaptation (and development more broadly) are rare as they are hard to fund and include within a project cycle. But they can offer key insights into the sustainability of adaptation outcomes and key lesssons for how adaptation is planned and funded.
“Please go to your breakout room”: researching negotiations through hybrid and digital spaces
This blog explores the content of a poster created for the Royal Geographical Society Conference in August 2024.
UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction Annual Conference
UCL’s IRDR held their 14th annual conference this June. Susannah Fisher participated in an important debate focussed on the future of resilience.
60th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies
Accountable Adaptation attended SB60 in Bonn to continue research on the global goal on adaptation and the development of the UAE-Belem indicator work programme.
Measuring local resilience in African communities: roundtable report
The Africa Research and Impact Network convened a roundtable discussion at Africa Climate Week to discuss what the measurement of adaptation means to vulnerable African communities. The roundtable brought together diverse stakeholders working on adaptation in Kenya and Africa.
Exceeding 1.5°, what does this mean for the planet - panel discussion
Jonathan Barnes represented Accountable Adaptation at this panel discussion organised by Goals House. It explored what it means to maintain the 1.5 degree temperature goal and where adaptation action can support.
Extreme heat: an audio script by Wise Ram Theatre
An audio script by Wise Ram Theatre exploring the possible impacts of extreme heat in urban environments. The script is the product of a series of workshops together as part of the Performing Planet Activism programme at UCL. Listen below!
Fostering accountability: insights from civil society in Nepal
With its diverse landscapes and vulnerability to climate risks, Nepal stands at the forefront of adaptation action. This blog reflects on a roundtable discussion on the importance of accountability in adaptation in Nepal.
Paper: Regional Data Systems for Adaptation
Susannah Fisher wrote a comentary on the role of regional thinking on adapation planning and resilient regions.
Nepal climate finance policy round table discussion
Accountable Adaptation and Practical Action ran a provincial roundtable discussing issues of climate finance in Surkhet, Nepal. We heard from practitioners, researchers and government ministers during the session.
Including local voices in assessing adaptation finance: testing a scorecard approach
Finance is central to international agreements on climate change but there is a gap in making sure funds meet those mot affected. This blog reflects on alternative tools for building local accountability.
Watching climate politics
Climate politics is seen in the media through big annual meetings around the world. But there is a quieter side to negotiating climate change. What can we learn from conducting digital ethnography of these processes?
Research trip in Nepal
The Accountable Adaptation team spent two weeks in Kathmandu and Karnali Province in Nepal, alongside our collaborators Practical Action. During our time there, we sought to build networks, share methodological insights and promote future collaboration.
Where next for the global goal on adaptation: roundtable report
This roundtable explored diverse perspectives on the GGA negotiations and brainstormed future aspirations for accountability and ambition in its next steps.
Policy input: Submission to the UAE-Belem work programme
Accountable Adaptation submitted to the UAE-Belem work programme with Practical Action endorsed by Christian Aid, Fauna and Flora, Plan International and VSO.
Roundtable on the global goal on adaptation
We convened a roundtable with Practical Action at UCL to bring in more voices into the conversations on the global goal on adaptation.
Gobeshona Global Conference 2024 - making locally-led adaptation accountable
We convened a session in the global Gobeshona conference led by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD).