Kate Gannon
@_kategannon
Climate change adaptation and sustainable development Research Fellow @GRI_LSE. Currently writing about water security, private sector adaptation and gender
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01-06-2010 13:21:28
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We’ve teased you long enough! All of our stories of #socialequity in #naturebasedsolutions are now available, just in time for the start of @adaptfutures!
Read them here: tinyurl.com/dj42hxza
CLARE BASIN project will tackle water security by understanding behaviour around extreme events & motivating change at institutional level in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia #CLimateAdaptationREsilience
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At the Africa Climate Summit we announced 6 new research projects under CLARE research programme, funded by FCDO Research 🇬🇧+ IDRC | CRDI 🇨🇦, supporting ground-breaking climate adaptation solutions in Africa #CLimateAdaptationREsilience
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Really looking forward to being part of the #CLimateAdaptationREsilience programme with Grantham LSE WaterAid Canada WaterAid Tanzania WaterAid UK 💦 @WaterAidBurkina Water Witness Kulima Integrated Development Solutions nmaist _official WISE-Futurestz Shahidi wa Maji University of Malawi (UNIMA) United Nations University-INWEH
How can we use behavioural and psychological insights to optimise the use of weather and #climateinformation in #adaptation decision making? New #CLimateAdaptationREsilience project BASIN will investigate this in #BurkinaFaso #Malawi and #Tanzania lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
We are very excited to be part of the new Behavioural Adaptation to Inclusive Water Security (BASIN) project under the #CLimateAdaptationREsilience programme clareprogramme.org FCDO Research IDRC | CRDI UK in Tanzania UK in Malawi
BREAKING: 850+ Academics & Notables Call For Plant-Based Universities
An open letter signed by the likes of Chris Packham has just been released. The letter is calling on universities to transition to 100% plant-based catering in order to tackle the climate and nature crises.
Fancy coming to do a PhD with us on water security and behaviour change in Africa, in partnership with WaterAid Canada Water Witness and lots of other great institutions?
'The triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in sub-Saharan Africa: Gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation'
Kate Gannon Elena Caste Shaikh Eskander Diop Mamadou Grantham LSE #RMetSJournals #ClimateChange #OpenAccess
How can we avoid #climatechange entrenching and increasing #genderinequality in entrepreneurship and beyond?
New commentary by Kate Gannon explores how business #finance and #adaptation can level the playing field for women in #Africa .
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Our new paper on 'the triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate change' with Elena Caste Diop Mamadou Shaikh Eskander Dorice Agol, Declan Conway and Liz Sprout is out in WIRES Climate Change. Thank you Lisa Dilling and Dr Chandni Singh
Multi-stakeholder partnerships can play a role in supporting entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘development corridors’ by enabling them to deliver not just infrastructure, but a more integrated & equitable form of development says Kate Gannon
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New open access paper out with Laetitia Pettinotti Dr Nyumba Tobias, PhD(Cantab), MSCF (York) Edward Gerald Ndilanha Declan Conway and Swenja Surminski. We use #QMethodology and #imaginaries to explore trade-offs and synergies among the #SDGs in East Africa's #DevelopmentCorridors Development Corridors Partnership sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
First day IAIA Network 2021 congress!
👉 Development Corridors Partnership is leading a session: impact assessment of large scale linear infrastructure projects 3 pm BST
🗣️Speakers: Jonathan (Jon) Hobbs Kate Gannon Jessica Thorn Divya Narain Lucy WARUINGI and myself (more below)
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Our new open access paper in Climate Risk Management looks at how #multistakeholderpartnerships are being used to unlock the private sector for adaptation, to support #adaptation among small businesses in Africa sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - written with Dr Joanes Atela Flo Crick & Declan Conway
Development Corridors Partnership has an exciting new publication for you in June 2021!
We have been working with global experts to get a good understanding of how #developmentcorridors can incorporate effective environmental planning and management 🚆🌳
Curious? 👉developmentcorridors.org/wp-content/upl…