Institute’s Timo Leiter shortlisted for ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize

Distinguished Policy Fellow, Dr Timo Leiter has been shortlisted for the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2024. The Prize, now in its 12th year, recognises outstanding economic or societal impact from ESRC-funded researchers.

Timo was shortlisted for his project Better prepared: new global targets strengthen climate adaptation and resilience. Timo’s ESRC-funded doctoral studies examined whether and how countries are tracking the implementation of their national adaptation plans and explored the potential and shortcomings of global indicators. Based on his research, Timo was invited by the UNFCCC secretariat to co-facilitate the workshop series that developed the first set of global adaptation targets that was adopted at COP28 in November 2023. Timo also co-designed the first comprehensive global assessment of adaptation: UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report, of which he is a lead author. He currently serves as the co-lead of an expert group for the development of global adaptation indicators. Read more about Timo’s policy impact.