Episode 4 of Law at the end of the world is now out. This episode features the fabulous @birshao.bsky.social And @prof-mac.bsky.social and I discuss prefigurative legalities, utopian politics and my failed attempts at slow scholarship - www.buzz-sprout.com/2489596/epis...

Really interesting study on climate change ‘flipping’ urban areas from predominantly wet to dry and vice versa. Makes adaptation planning much more complex www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My new book is now available to preorder. It looks at the last four decades of water governance and considers the interaction between human relationships with water and the law, through case studies from Chile, the UK, the Philippines, South Africa, the US, & Aotearoa New Zealand.

St Clements church in Oxford with crescent moon

Registration is now open for the 19th international conference on community based adaptation. Session proposals are under review and Dia Alternativo planning is underway. It’s going to be a huge week! I hope to see many of you in Recife from 12-16 May www.iied.org/cba19-local-...

Sunset dogs walks are lovely - particularly now that the sun is setting after 5pm!

Very much don’t swim at this beach - drop off, submerged rocks, strong currents - and sharks…

Old town Recife, Brazil is filled with colonial buildings in various dates of disrepair and vibrancy. This street was, apparently, voted one of the prettiest on earth

Locally Led Adaptation works. Our joint report examined locally led climate change adaptation in practice in Kenya and Tanzania, with promising results. www.diis.dk/en/research/... @diis.dk #ClimateChangeAdaptation

On my way to the airport. I’ll be in Brazil for the week scoping out venues and politics for the #CBA19 conference - too early to launch the hashtag?

The 19th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation is calling for session proposals. The overarching conference question is how can we achieve just and equitable adaptation? Themes are LLA in action, Urban adaptation, and Nature/adaptation. Open till 17 Feb www.iied.org/cba19-call-f...

I'm super excited to be able to share that the 19th international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA19) will take place in Recife, Brazil in the week of 12 May 2025. More details at the link 👇, and MANY more details to come in the new year www.iied.org/cba-bound-fo...

It’s great to see this report out in the world. Locally-led adaptation is (slowly) moving from commitments to action. Some of that action is collected in these chapters. It’s rare to see a publication with perspectives on one issue from such a wide range of different actors gca.org/reports/2024...

I’m finding it hard to be optimistic about climate action after the debacle in Baku. Yes, we saw an increase in finance commitments, but barely more than the current trickle 1/4

Great to see Panama’s commitment to bringing as action under the three Rio conventions back together - action on climate and nature has been too fragmented for too long (via climate home news)

It’s more than a bit disingenuous of Australia to sign this pledge while increasing mining and export of coal poweringpastcoal.org/news/countri...

I’ve been avoiding social media for a while but am feeling hopeful at this massive growth here in the last few days. So nice to see the climate community flourishing here

Here's a list of the political scientists working on climate I could find on here. Let me know if I missed you! go.bsky.app/C9L9xV

This has been my big climate finance worry since COP27 - that new pledges for the l&d fund would be drawn from donors’ existing adaptation allocations. We can’t divert already minuscule adaptation finance to loss and damage; we need to scale up both, dramatically www.straitstimes.com/world/middle...

Update on the plant-based milk situation at cop28. % coffee cart near the women and youth building (which houses the resilience hub among others) has ALL the milks (without the dodgy climate policy)

CBR-SYD-DXB — starting my journey to cop28. I’m planning to use the Resilience Hub as a base, so between meetings and events you’ll likely find me there (or grabbing coffee with plant-based milk from the Australian pavilion)

As country delegations pile into Dubai’s expo city for cop28, loss and damage will be on everyone’s mind. This short article should be required reading for anyone in a position of decision-making authority around the loss and damage fund. It’s clear, concise and spot on in every aspect

Hello blue sky. I’m happy to be joining this breath of fresh air away from the toxic other place. I’m working on locally-led action and increasing climate finance access. Currently with Save the Children but shifting to the International Institute for Environment and Development in early 2024