James D. Ford

📷 Knowledge syntheses are urgently needed for many climate change topics/questions. We provide guidance for producing robust, transparent, reproducible, inclusive and timely syntheses: #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4155…

Dear X followers - after over decade on twitter I am moving to Bluesky. My handle will be @profjamesford.bsky.social so please follow me here.

🪴New Overview published in @WIREs_Reviews Climate Change by Ishfaq Hussain Maliks and @ccadapt🪴 'Understanding the Impacts of Arctic Climate Change Through the Lens of Political Ecology'. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1002/wcc.927

see our new paper just out on "Understanding the Impacts of Arctic Climate Change Through the Lens of Political Ecology" wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @PriestleyCentre

see our new paper on Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… @PriestleyCentre @IponNetwork

The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (@IponNetwork) was recently inaugurated in the Peruvian Amazon 🌾🌳 It focuses on understanding and responding to the unprecedented challenges posed by climate change to the food systems and health of Indigenous communities 👇

Apply to work with me for a fully funded PhD 'Developing ethnoclimatologies of climate risk' via a new NERC DTP call unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/4185-… @PriestleyCentre @IponNetwork

See our paper just on out on "Climate change, mass casualty incidents, and emergency response in the Arctic" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… @PriestleyCentre @Arctic_Office

Fully funded PhD to work with me and @nickmalleson modelling climate futures in the Arctic: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2079-m… @SoGLeeds @PriestleyCentre @UKPolarNetwork @Arctic_Office

20 years ago I published my first paper: "A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the Canadian Arctic to Risks Associated with Climate Change". A bit dated now but still relevant journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arct…

🌱 From learning about “Masato” to deepening his commitment to supporting Indigenous communities, @erangakg ´s reflections about our recent meeting are a powerful reminder of why we do this work. Check out his full post on LinkedIn for more insights! linkedin.com/posts/ipon-the…

Our chairs @ccadapt and @carolzavaleta have helped write the sections on Indigenous health and climate change of the 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change!

see our new paper just out in @PLOSClimate on climate change, food security, and mental health among Uganda's Batwa journals.plos.org/climate/articl… @PriestleyCentre

Excited to see @LancetCountdown report on CC and health now released. @carolzavaleta and myself helped write the sections on Indigenous health and climate change @PriestleyCentre @IponNetwork

Day 1 in Satipo, Peru: We had the privilege of visiting the Ashaninka community of San Pascual. They've been key partners in our research, sharing their rich culture and collective efforts to restore their forest through greenhouses and fish farms. 🌱🌿 #IndigenousKnowledge

New research by Bryson et al. finds that Bakiga and Indigenous Batwa women in rural Uganda view food insecurity and climate extremes as major sources of stress during pregnancy journals.plos.org/climate/articl… @AshleeCunsolo @Sherilee_H @LeaBerrang @DLwasa @ccadapt @IHACCproject

🌿Last week, we had an amazing in-person meeting in the Central Amazon rainforest! It was great to connect with new and old colleagues from our network. Though we work virtually, these in-person moments help us learn, bond, and plan for the future. Stay tuned for what's coming!🌍

Global environmental assessments play a critical role in informing worldwide decision-making 📝🌍 Professor James Ford (@ccadapt) shared his contributions to the #GEO7 report, including attending the 3rd authors meeting in Nairobi 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/discussing-glo…

🔔 Reminder to sign up for Thursday's seminar if you haven't already! 🔔 Piers Sellers prize winner @carolzavaleta will be sharing exciting insights from her research as an Indigenous health and climate scholar working in Peru 👇

Calling Leeds PhD researchers: applications for our climate scholars programme are now open! 🎓🌍 Come along to our information session: 🗓️ Tue 15 Oct ⏰ 11:15 - 12:00 📍 @SEELeeds seminar rooms 1&2 📧 RSVP: climate@leeds.ac.uk Find out more 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/learn-with-us/…