Adaptation Investment Frameworks as a mechanism to bridge the adaptation finance gap – lessons from the state of the art and implications for the UK | Video
Adaptation Investment Planning is emerging as a global response for countries to bridge their adaptation finance gaps. But are they working? This event launched a new LSE policy brief summarising the state of the art and the lessons learned to inform early efforts in the ATTENUATE project to develop an Adaptation Investment Framework for the UK. The webinar presented highlights from the brief, featured learnings from European practice on Adaptation investment Planning, and explored the implications for the UK context. The session will invite participants to consider next steps for unlocking investment in the UK.
Read the policy brief here
Event outline
| Welcome | Swenja Surminski |
| Introduction to ATTENUATE | Anna Beswick |
| Keynote – Launch of policy brief | Rachel Harrington-Abrams |
| Panellist responses and discussion | Michael Mullan Paul Watkiss Kostas Dellis Anne Chataigné |
| Q & A | Kit England |
| Next steps for ATTENUATE and close | Kit England |
Meet the speakers
- Rachel Harrington-Abrams, Research Officer (Adaptation Finance), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
- Swenja Surminski, Professor in Practice – Adaptation Research, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
- Anna Beswick, Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
- Paul Watkiss, Director, Paul Watkiss Associates
- Kit England is a Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist at Paul Watkiss Associates and Visiting Fellow at Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Anne Chataigné, Senior Programme Manager Adaptation and Resilience at IIGCC
- Konstantinos Dellis, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Athens University of Economics and Business and the ATHENA Research and Innovation center
- Michael Mullan, Programme Lead, Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment, OECD
Authors of the report
- Rachel Harrington-Abrams is a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Kit England is a Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist at Paul Watkiss Associates and Visiting Fellow at Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Kate Gannon is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Sara Mehryar is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Anna Beswick is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Denyse S. Dookie is a Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Francisco de Melo Virissimo is a Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Ashley Thornton is a Project Manager at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
- Matt Ellis is a Senior Advisor in the Future Funding Department at the UK Environment Agency.
- Paul Watkiss is the Director of Paul Watkiss Associates.
- Bill Donovan is a Senior Advisor in the Future Funding Department at the UK Environment Agency.
ATTENUATE is a collaborative project focused on unlocking private sector funding for climate adaptation, building the case for greater public sector investment, and addressing governance barriers to investment. Led by the Grantham Research Institute in collaboration with the Environment Agency, Green Finance Institute, Love Design Studio, Paul Watkiss Associates, the Met Office, and the University of Bath, the project is funded by the UKRI-Defra ‘Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change’ programme.