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Anna is a Senior Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE working on climate adaptation and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She leads LSE’s policy input to the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance<\/a> (2025–2027), funded by the  Z Zurich Foundation. The Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership, focused on enhancing resilience to climate hazards across 15 countries. Anna is a member of the Alliance Leadership Team and co-leads the Alliance Adaptation Governance Theme with Mercy Corps and Concern Worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna is Director of the NERC-funded £1.9 million ATTENUATE<\/a><\/strong> project, and contributes to the Horizon 2020 €6,2 million HealthRiskADAPT project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining the Grantham Research Institute, Anna was Head of Climate Leadership at sustainability charity Verture where she advised governments, major organisations and cross sector partnerships on climate adaptation and resilience. She led the Scottish Government’s Adaptation Scotland programme and developed place-based climate adaptation and resilience work in Ireland through the TalX project<\/path><\/svg><\/a>. Anna also pioneered private sector support and engagement and developed innovative Small and Medium Sized Enterprise climate resilience projects in the city of Glasgow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Climate adaptation governance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Climate adaptation and development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Climate adaptation finance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Locally led climate adaptation <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mediation and conflict resolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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