Kate Gannon

This paper explores how female representation in the ownership or management structures of micro and small businesses shapes firm-level adaptive capacity, as implied through adaptation behaviour. Read more

Drawing from extensive literature and insights gleaned from a 4 year research programme, this review scrutinizes the impacts of development corridors on people, wildlife and ecosystems in Kenya and Tanzania, proposing solutions to achieve better outcomes. Read more

This study looks at the impact of water ATMs operated by Kenyan water service provider FundiFix in dispersed rural communities in the semi-arid Kitui County. Read more

This research contributes to literature on private sector adaptation, examining business-level adaptation to climate change in the UK wine sector. Read more

Nature-based solutions involve working with nature to address societal challenges while promoting human wellbeing and biodiversity. As nature-based solutions become... Read more

This chapter is part of the 'Impact Assessment for Corridors: From Infrastructure to Development Corridors' book published by Development Corridors Partnership. Read more

The authors of this paper simulate the projected repetition of the UK's highest yielding season —2018— and use an analogue approach to model the 1999–2018 mean growing season temperatures from Pinot noir producing areas of Champagne (France), Burgundy (France) and Baden (Germany) over the UK during 2021–2040. Read more

The authors of this paper conduct a systematic review to synthesize existing knowledge on differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs in Africa to climate risk, in relation to their sensitivity to extreme climate events and their adaptive capacity. Read more

In this paper the authors advance a novel approach to integrated assessment of the ways in which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are likely to manifest and interact within a given development context, using Q-Methodology and the conceptual framing of imaginaries. Read more

Amidst increasing interest in multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in climate discourse, this paper identifies four rationales for why MSPs may be... Read more

This paper was submitted for the 2021 International Association for Impact Assessment Conference. Notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic, enthusiasm for globalisation... Read more

The analysis suggests that the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets mostly create conditions that aid the achievement of each other within development corridors but that there are trade-offs between some goals and other development gains. The authors signal priority areas for investment, policy reorientation and strengthened safeguards, to maximise positive SDG interactions and minimise negative ones. Read more

Declan Conway (Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, LSE), Steve Dorling (University of East Anglia) and Kate... Read more

This paper investigates the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in supporting the development of enabling conditions for adaptation to climate change among micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, with a focus on Kenya. Read more

Globally, semi-arid lands (SALs) are home to approximately one billion people, including some of the poorest and least food secure.... Read more

The El Niño event in 2015/2016 was one of the strongest since at least 1950. Through surveys and interviews with... Read more

This research suggests that female-led MSMEs in Narok, Kenya, may face both additional exposure to climate risk compared with men, and additional barriers to adapting to that risk. Read more

Chapter published in the Handbook of Climate Change Resilience This chapter contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by... Read more

The Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation’s (HSRC) 2012 ocean fertilisation experiment introduced a controversial geoengineering technology to the First Nations village... Read more

Abstract The private sector is increasingly recognized as having important potential to help society adapt and become more resilient to... Read more

The 2015/2016 El Niño was one of the three most severe on record. El Niño is commonly linked to droughts... Read more

This paper describes an opportunistic case study of the 2012 Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation’s ocean fertilization project. Read more

This submission presents eight key recommendations for Parties to the UNFCCC which address the priorities of the second dialogue of the UAE Just Transition Work Programme. Read more

Climate change presents both opportunities and challenges for the UK wine sector. This policy brief sets out what more needs to be done to enhance resilience in UK viticulture, drawing on the CREWS-UK project. Read more

This policy brief draws on research undertaken in Laikipia County in central Kenya to underscore the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Africa in the face of climate change and how policy can support them to build strong, climate-resilient businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Read more

This is a short summary of the latest research from the CREWS-UK project, which has found that climate change is likely to further impact the viability, variety suitability and wine style potential of viticulture in the UK. Read more

This report [in French] is the result of research conducted in the semi-arid Kaolack region of Senegal, as part of the Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Change Adaptation (WECCA) project. Read more

A submission based on work from across the Grantham Research Institute to the FCDO's recent call for evidence to inform the UK's forthcoming International Development Strategy. Read more

A policy brief published through Kenya Markets Trust: Bedelian, C., Carabine, E., Said, M.Y., Abuya, R., Atela, J., Ateino, F., Crick,... Read more

This report and accompanying 8-page brief examine some of the emerging challenges in climate governance in South Africa and potential solutions. The lessons identified are also relevant for other developing economies. Read more

With substantial new hydropower generation planned for eastern and southern Africa, how can risks from rainfall variations and climate change be overcome to ensure reliable supply and socioeconomic development? This brief analyses the challenges and provides recommendations to policymakers, the energy sector and development partners. Read more

This is the French translation of the PRISE [PRESA] policy brief 'Supporting private adaptation to climate change in semi-arid lands in developing countries', published in June 2018. Read more

National governments, with development partners, have an important role to play in supporting adaptation and climate-resilient development among private actors – households, producers and small businesses – in the semi-arid lands of developing countries, argues this brief, a final output from the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE) project. Read more

This briefing note submits learning to the Talanoa Dialogue process from PRISE on supporting private adaptation to climate change by households and businesses in semi-arid lands. Read more

Although research on climate change adaptation has been conducted on households and communities, particularly in Senegal’s semi-arid lands (SALs), very... Read more

Nature-based solutions involve working with nature to address societal challenges while promoting human wellbeing and biodiversity. As nature-based solutions become... Read more

This chapter is part of the 'Impact Assessment for Corridors: From Infrastructure to Development Corridors' book published by Development Corridors Partnership. Read more

Chapter published in the Handbook of Climate Change Resilience This chapter contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by... Read more

Researchers from the BASIN water security project outline the role community ‘champions’ often play in NGO programming in Africa and some of the common pitfalls. Read more

This article reports on a new study which assesses the growing global threat posed by drying lands. Read more

A person’s water security is affected by their gender, as is their likelihood to hold decision-making positions about this vital resource. To increase water security in the face of a changing climate this must change. Read more

Will Ingram and Kate Gannon outline how accounting for systemic factors can in behavioural research can improve outcome for communities experiencing water insecurity and adapting to climate change. Read more

In many water-stressed parts of the world there need to be improvements in decision-making around water resources to make climate change adaptation more effective and equitable in policy and practice. This commentary introduces the issues and a new project called BASIN that aims to draw insights from behavioural and psychological sciences to improve decision-making in this area. Read more

Research shows that women entrepreneurs in Africa are more vulnerable to climate change than their male counterparts for at least three key reasons. Kate Gannon sets out the findings and solutions in this commentary. Read more

Kate Gannon considers the role multi-stakeholder partnerships could play in supporting entrepreneurship in so-called ‘development corridors’ in sub-Saharan Africa and in enabling them to deliver not just infrastructure, but a more integrated and equitable form of development as communities strive to adapt to climate change. Read more

Kate Gannon discusses the CREWS project which is assessing climate resilience in the UK wine sector. Read more

Non-governmental organisations in countries such as Kenya are developing multi-stakeholder partnerships to unlock private sector resources to support adaptation to climate change. Yet without careful ongoing monitoring and support, the most vulnerable are unlikely to benefit, writes Kate Gannon. Read more

This article argues that a radical shift is needed in semi-arid policy landscapes, that refocuses on leveraging existing climate change adaptive capacities of private actors – women, farmers, businesses and cooperatives – to cope with and respond to prevailing environmental shocks and weather extremes. Read more

Climate policy has taken a particular hit during a 10-year period of political corruption and uncertainty in South Africa but now the country has a chance to get back on track, say the authors of this commentary. Read more

UK viticulture has been touted as a sector that stands to gain from climate change. As we enter English and Welsh Wine Week 2019, much excitement surrounds the sector, especially following last year’s ‘harvest of the century’. But producers should be considering the risks, as well as the opportunities, of a changing climate, says Kate Gannon. Read more

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The major disruption to urban water and hydroelectricity supplies caused by the conditions accompanying the 2015/16 El Niño in Southern Africa show that governments and businesses need to be more prepared for climatic extremes, argue the authors of this commentary. Read more

Policymakers must pursue both climate adaptation and development if they are to support the poorest in semi-arid regions say Florence Crick, Kate Gannon an Estelle Rouhaud. Read more

Advanced Science News, 3 February 2018   Read more