This initiative aims to improve access to climate risk data, providing decision-makers with the tools to better understand and address the needs of vulnerable communities in the Global South.
The team will build the J-ADAPT Toolkit - the world’s first fully open toolkit of its kind - which provides tailored, high-quality analytics on climate-related risks, whilst assessing the social and economic impacts of plans that aim to address them. The toolkit specifically focuses on enabling green (i.e. natural) and grey (i.e. built) infrastructure to become better adapted to a changing climate, while also helping governments and communities develop adaptation plans that are as just and inclusive as possible, in order to bring the maximum benefit to the world’s most vulnerable people. The work is currently being piloted in Kenya and with international agencies.
The project is funded by the Howden Foundation, see more information here.