Nick Simpson
@nickzimson.bsky.social
Co-Director at Climate Risk Lab & Chief Research Officer at ACDI (UCT). Climate change and Heritage; Education; Sport; Response Risk; IPCC AR7 Special Report on Cities & WGII
Reposted by Nick Simpson
🎽Most marathons (86% of the 221 global races analyzed) are expected to decline in odds of optimal running for either recreational or elite runners by 2045.
Check out the impacts on specific races using our interactive tool! 2/2
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Check out the impacts on specific races using our interactive tool! 2/2
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October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🎽Most marathons (86% of the 221 global races analyzed) are expected to decline in odds of optimal running for either recreational or elite runners by 2045.
Check out the impacts on specific races using our interactive tool! 2/2
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
Check out the impacts on specific races using our interactive tool! 2/2
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
Case studies: 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇯🇲 🇧🇩 🇰🇿
Link to full paper: odi.org/en/publicati...
with the brilliant colleagues at @odi.global @acdi.bsky.social - @jodiekeane.bsky.social, Nat Mason and Mark Miller
#ClimateRisk #Development #GreenTransition #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice
Link to full paper: odi.org/en/publicati...
with the brilliant colleagues at @odi.global @acdi.bsky.social - @jodiekeane.bsky.social, Nat Mason and Mark Miller
#ClimateRisk #Development #GreenTransition #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice
Securing structural economic transformation in a climate-changed world
In a world transformed by climate change, how can nations secure economic growth? This report explores how countries are building resilience and prosperity by diversifying their economies and leveragi...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Case studies: 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇯🇲 🇧🇩 🇰🇿
Link to full paper: odi.org/en/publicati...
with the brilliant colleagues at @odi.global @acdi.bsky.social - @jodiekeane.bsky.social, Nat Mason and Mark Miller
#ClimateRisk #Development #GreenTransition #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice
Link to full paper: odi.org/en/publicati...
with the brilliant colleagues at @odi.global @acdi.bsky.social - @jodiekeane.bsky.social, Nat Mason and Mark Miller
#ClimateRisk #Development #GreenTransition #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice
Key ideas:
🌍 Climate impacts are already disrupting productive sectors
📉 Responses to climate change can “squeeze” vulnerable economies
📈 But a “green ease” is possible — with joined-up policy, fair finance, and inclusive trade
🌍 Climate impacts are already disrupting productive sectors
📉 Responses to climate change can “squeeze” vulnerable economies
📈 But a “green ease” is possible — with joined-up policy, fair finance, and inclusive trade
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Key ideas:
🌍 Climate impacts are already disrupting productive sectors
📉 Responses to climate change can “squeeze” vulnerable economies
📈 But a “green ease” is possible — with joined-up policy, fair finance, and inclusive trade
🌍 Climate impacts are already disrupting productive sectors
📉 Responses to climate change can “squeeze” vulnerable economies
📈 But a “green ease” is possible — with joined-up policy, fair finance, and inclusive trade
How to apply:
Submit a single PDF with your application letter, CV, academic transcripts, a writing sample, and the email addresses of two references.
The application deadline is September 30, 2025.
#ClimateChange #Postdoc #Research #AI #UniversityOfCapeTown #ClimateAdaptation #AcademicJobs
Submit a single PDF with your application letter, CV, academic transcripts, a writing sample, and the email addresses of two references.
The application deadline is September 30, 2025.
#ClimateChange #Postdoc #Research #AI #UniversityOfCapeTown #ClimateAdaptation #AcademicJobs
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
How to apply:
Submit a single PDF with your application letter, CV, academic transcripts, a writing sample, and the email addresses of two references.
The application deadline is September 30, 2025.
#ClimateChange #Postdoc #Research #AI #UniversityOfCapeTown #ClimateAdaptation #AcademicJobs
Submit a single PDF with your application letter, CV, academic transcripts, a writing sample, and the email addresses of two references.
The application deadline is September 30, 2025.
#ClimateChange #Postdoc #Research #AI #UniversityOfCapeTown #ClimateAdaptation #AcademicJobs
We offer:
- A competitive tax-free fellowship of ZAR 450,000–600,000 per year for two years, with the possibility of extension.
- A vibrant research environment at a leading university in Africa.
- Opportunities for global collaboration and leadership in climate adaptation science.
- A competitive tax-free fellowship of ZAR 450,000–600,000 per year for two years, with the possibility of extension.
- A vibrant research environment at a leading university in Africa.
- Opportunities for global collaboration and leadership in climate adaptation science.
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We offer:
- A competitive tax-free fellowship of ZAR 450,000–600,000 per year for two years, with the possibility of extension.
- A vibrant research environment at a leading university in Africa.
- Opportunities for global collaboration and leadership in climate adaptation science.
- A competitive tax-free fellowship of ZAR 450,000–600,000 per year for two years, with the possibility of extension.
- A vibrant research environment at a leading university in Africa.
- Opportunities for global collaboration and leadership in climate adaptation science.
We're looking for someone with:
- Experience in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or evidence synthesis.
- A demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles.
- Familiarity with AI/ML applications in research or environmental data analysis.
- Experience in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or evidence synthesis.
- A demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles.
- Familiarity with AI/ML applications in research or environmental data analysis.
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We're looking for someone with:
- Experience in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or evidence synthesis.
- A demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles.
- Familiarity with AI/ML applications in research or environmental data analysis.
- Experience in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or evidence synthesis.
- A demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles.
- Familiarity with AI/ML applications in research or environmental data analysis.
What you'll do:
- Lead global knowledge synthesis on climate change adaptation and risk.
- Use AI and machine learning to improve evidence synthesis.
- Lead high-impact publications and contribute to policy-relevant outputs.
- Lead global knowledge synthesis on climate change adaptation and risk.
- Use AI and machine learning to improve evidence synthesis.
- Lead high-impact publications and contribute to policy-relevant outputs.
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What you'll do:
- Lead global knowledge synthesis on climate change adaptation and risk.
- Use AI and machine learning to improve evidence synthesis.
- Lead high-impact publications and contribute to policy-relevant outputs.
- Lead global knowledge synthesis on climate change adaptation and risk.
- Use AI and machine learning to improve evidence synthesis.
- Lead high-impact publications and contribute to policy-relevant outputs.
Read the full paper:
📄 Simpson et al. (2025) “Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Let’s build adaptation that’s systemic, equitable, and feasible. [9/9]
📄 Simpson et al. (2025) “Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Let’s build adaptation that’s systemic, equitable, and feasible. [9/9]
Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation - npj Climate Action
Recent advances in climate change risk assessment and management and their application across cities, coastal zones, and finance highlight promising opportunities for near-term action to better govern...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Read the full paper:
📄 Simpson et al. (2025) “Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Let’s build adaptation that’s systemic, equitable, and feasible. [9/9]
📄 Simpson et al. (2025) “Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Let’s build adaptation that’s systemic, equitable, and feasible. [9/9]
What’s new?
We extend DAPP to DAPP-MR for multi-risk systems.
We link systemic risk modeling with adaptation feasibility.
We emphasize co-production, local knowledge, and fiscal realism. [8/9]
We extend DAPP to DAPP-MR for multi-risk systems.
We link systemic risk modeling with adaptation feasibility.
We emphasize co-production, local knowledge, and fiscal realism. [8/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What’s new?
We extend DAPP to DAPP-MR for multi-risk systems.
We link systemic risk modeling with adaptation feasibility.
We emphasize co-production, local knowledge, and fiscal realism. [8/9]
We extend DAPP to DAPP-MR for multi-risk systems.
We link systemic risk modeling with adaptation feasibility.
We emphasize co-production, local knowledge, and fiscal realism. [8/9]
Equity & feasibility:
We outline 5 enablers for governing complex risks:
Equity in planning
Avoiding maladaptation
Actionable knowledge
Multi-disciplinary integration
Local feasibility assessment [7/9]
We outline 5 enablers for governing complex risks:
Equity in planning
Avoiding maladaptation
Actionable knowledge
Multi-disciplinary integration
Local feasibility assessment [7/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Equity & feasibility:
We outline 5 enablers for governing complex risks:
Equity in planning
Avoiding maladaptation
Actionable knowledge
Multi-disciplinary integration
Local feasibility assessment [7/9]
We outline 5 enablers for governing complex risks:
Equity in planning
Avoiding maladaptation
Actionable knowledge
Multi-disciplinary integration
Local feasibility assessment [7/9]
Finance & insurance:
Climate risks are reshaping sovereign debt, insurance markets, and fiscal resilience.
We propose fiscal stress testing and risk-layering to guide adaptation finance.
Case: Danube region multi-risk fiscal gap analysis. [6/9]
Climate risks are reshaping sovereign debt, insurance markets, and fiscal resilience.
We propose fiscal stress testing and risk-layering to guide adaptation finance.
Case: Danube region multi-risk fiscal gap analysis. [6/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Finance & insurance:
Climate risks are reshaping sovereign debt, insurance markets, and fiscal resilience.
We propose fiscal stress testing and risk-layering to guide adaptation finance.
Case: Danube region multi-risk fiscal gap analysis. [6/9]
Climate risks are reshaping sovereign debt, insurance markets, and fiscal resilience.
We propose fiscal stress testing and risk-layering to guide adaptation finance.
Case: Danube region multi-risk fiscal gap analysis. [6/9]
Coastal zones:
With billions at risk from sea-level rise, we need tools that prioritize infrastructure and visualize cascading failures.
Case: Sweden’s hydrometeorological resilience tool for regional planning. [5/9]
With billions at risk from sea-level rise, we need tools that prioritize infrastructure and visualize cascading failures.
Case: Sweden’s hydrometeorological resilience tool for regional planning. [5/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Coastal zones:
With billions at risk from sea-level rise, we need tools that prioritize infrastructure and visualize cascading failures.
Case: Sweden’s hydrometeorological resilience tool for regional planning. [5/9]
With billions at risk from sea-level rise, we need tools that prioritize infrastructure and visualize cascading failures.
Case: Sweden’s hydrometeorological resilience tool for regional planning. [5/9]
Cities:
Urban areas face interlinked risks.
We show how pathways planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) can guide flexible, equitable urban adaptation.
Case: New Zealand’s NCCRA & National Adaptation Plan. [4/9]
Urban areas face interlinked risks.
We show how pathways planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) can guide flexible, equitable urban adaptation.
Case: New Zealand’s NCCRA & National Adaptation Plan. [4/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cities:
Urban areas face interlinked risks.
We show how pathways planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) can guide flexible, equitable urban adaptation.
Case: New Zealand’s NCCRA & National Adaptation Plan. [4/9]
Urban areas face interlinked risks.
We show how pathways planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) can guide flexible, equitable urban adaptation.
Case: New Zealand’s NCCRA & National Adaptation Plan. [4/9]
Key methods we explore:
🔹 Participatory modeling
🔹 Adaptation pathways (DAPP & DAPP-MR)
🔹 Systemic fiscal disaster risk modeling
🔹 Infrastructure interdependency mapping
These help navigate uncertainty and complexity. [3/9]
🔹 Participatory modeling
🔹 Adaptation pathways (DAPP & DAPP-MR)
🔹 Systemic fiscal disaster risk modeling
🔹 Infrastructure interdependency mapping
These help navigate uncertainty and complexity. [3/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Key methods we explore:
🔹 Participatory modeling
🔹 Adaptation pathways (DAPP & DAPP-MR)
🔹 Systemic fiscal disaster risk modeling
🔹 Infrastructure interdependency mapping
These help navigate uncertainty and complexity. [3/9]
🔹 Participatory modeling
🔹 Adaptation pathways (DAPP & DAPP-MR)
🔹 Systemic fiscal disaster risk modeling
🔹 Infrastructure interdependency mapping
These help navigate uncertainty and complexity. [3/9]
Why this matters:
Climate risks are increasingly compound, cascading, and systemic—crossing sectors, scales, and borders.
Traditional assessments fall short. We highlight methods that make risk governance more actionable. [2/9]
Climate risks are increasingly compound, cascading, and systemic—crossing sectors, scales, and borders.
Traditional assessments fall short. We highlight methods that make risk governance more actionable. [2/9]
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why this matters:
Climate risks are increasingly compound, cascading, and systemic—crossing sectors, scales, and borders.
Traditional assessments fall short. We highlight methods that make risk governance more actionable. [2/9]
Climate risks are increasingly compound, cascading, and systemic—crossing sectors, scales, and borders.
Traditional assessments fall short. We highlight methods that make risk governance more actionable. [2/9]
Reposted by Nick Simpson
Open Access here: doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government - Communications Earth & Environment
About 45 percent of Africans believe their government is responsible for climate change action, and the least responsibility is attributed to countries and businesses with high greenhouse gas emission...
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April 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM