This week FAO Forestry #WFUF2023 in DC it was a joy to facilitate a session “Metropolis: Creating the policy & legal conditions to ensure that role urban forests in urban resilience is duly recognized” on the day of Resilient Cities. From Bolivia, China, Germany, India to the US.

We joined forces with Tomorrow's Cities Department of Environment and Geography St Andrews Geography & SD to facilitate a Normative Visioning session at Adaptation Futures 2023 in Montreal earlier this month, exploring the role visioning in bringing together different imaginations and challenge dominant views to aid adaptation

Interested in understanding how #green #infrastructure assets reduce the severity of multi-hazard risks in informal settlements? Then don’t miss this fully funded #PhD opportunity! Come join our research group working in #Madagascar w/ ESSA Eaux et Forêts, St Andrews Geography & SD & #MyUNAM 👇🏾

🌏Hey up, Int'l students! Come work with us St Andrews Geography & SD! 🌏 🧊Here's a really cool (sorry, bad pun) fully funded PhD project improving sea level rise predictions thru studying Antarctic glacier dynamics!🧊 📝Apps due 11 December: iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

👀Check out this fully funded PhD studentship, supported by the African Union & European Union Commission - tailored for Namibian students Deadline: 31 Jan 2024 Please share widely 🙌🏾 African Academy of Sciences African Climate & Development Initiative ARUA UCT My NUST Adaptation Futures 2023 The Conversation Africa Climate Adaptation

We contributed to a new a book ‘Safeguarding mountain social-ecological systems’ that reviews emerging risks, adaptation & transformative resilience. In ch 23 we explore the role of networks through Mountain Sentinels -arising from Julia A. Klein’s vision ⬇️⬇️ sciencedirect.com/book/978012822…

Excited to part of an upcoming panel discussion with Ariadne Collins and others on #climatejustice and #decolonising the #climate movement- as part of University of St Andrews 🌱Green Week 🌿 Join us this Thursday, 1 February 2024, from 14:00-16:00 in the Wardlaw Museum! St Andrews Geography & SD

Check out our new paper, led by the wonderful Rebecca titled: Kesho’ Scenario Development for Supporting Water-Energy Food Security under Future Conditions in Zanzibar scilit.net/publications/3…

🚨Join us! Apply for this 3.5-year postdoc research fellowship as part of "Future Landscape Optimisation for peri-Urban Resilience and Ecosystem Health in Africa" and African Research and Innovation for Scientific Excellence pilot program. Deadline 12 Feb. jobs.ac.uk/job/DFN204/pos…

This semester I have been working with Katie Symes as her dissertation supervisor on focusing on the environmental impact of disposable e-cigarettes… And she just won the 3M Planet Prizes for her work 🙌🏾 🤯 Fantastic job done 👏🏽 Katie !!! Here are some key takeaways…

Amazing three days developing participatory scenarios with PhD researchers from Kenya, China and Thailand from mangrove to lion futures, from sustainable agriculture to city futures Mahidol University Department of Environment and Geography York Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre YESI

💡Jessica Thorn ran a 3-day #scenario #planning & #landuse change modelling workshop, inc.inspiring interactions between 15 PhD students & academics from York, Bern, Humboldt & Beijing & Thailand remotely. Ben Ong, Fernando Benitez-Paez, Allan Majalia & TJ Young 楊敦然 also gave contributions!

Jessica Thorn discussed her #participatory #climate #adaptation research in #informal settlements in 5 #African countries. Lydia Cole gave a brief introduction to StACCS & BIRCH (the #Biodiversity #Interdisciplinary Research Community Hub).

Dr Jessica Thorn gave us an in-depth look into her #research on #FLOURISH future landscape pptimisation for peri-urban resilience and ecosystem health (4/14) 🔗bit.ly/4ask4lM #ARISE2024 EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 African Union

💡Jessica Thorn is at #ARISE2024 hosted by African Academy of Sciences, European Commission & African Union Commission in 🇹🇳. Jess contributed to a #greentransition panel w/ colleagues across Africa inc. early warning systems, #climate-smart agriculture & green #infrastructure & #urbanisation.

We published a new paper in #UrbanForestryAndUrbanGreening ! We suggest pathways to narrow ecological injustices arising from green infrastructure to optimise urban cooling and wellbeing. doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug… African Academy of Sciences St Andrews Geography & SD #MyUNAM Food and Agriculture Organization

Im in Sierra Leone learning about the #FreeTowntheTreeTown campaign-led by #FreeTownCityCouncil & partners. This week we visited several #informalsettlements, #mangroves, farmland & hill slopes where restoration efforts help adapt to landslides, coastal erosion & sea level rise

We published a new paper "Freeing imagination for fair and resilient future cities" Nature Portfolio Cities; exploring how inclusive future visioning offers a tested addition to est repertoires of urban foresight & planning nature.com/articles/s4428…… St Andrews Geography & SD African Academy of Sciences