Prof. Donovan Campbell

Professor of Environmental Geography

donovan.campbell@uwimona.edu.jm

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Overview

My work focuses on climate change adaptation and food systems in the Caribbean. I have served as an author on multiple intergovernmental scientific assessments, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the United Nations' World Ocean Assessment (WOA), and the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7).

Read More: About Me

Recent Publications:

2023 - A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation I Journal: Nature Climate Change
2023 - Place-based capacity building to enhance resilience in tropical countries I Journal: One Earth
2023 - Towards sustainable responses to climate change challenges via transformative adaptation I Journal: Cities
2023 - Adaptation to Compound Climate Risks: A Systematic Global Stocktake I Journal: Iscience
2023 - Agroecology as a Transformative Approach to Tackle Climatic, Food, and Ecosystemic Crises I Journal: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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View Projects: Climate Change Adaptation I Biodiversity Conservation I Disaster Risk Reduction I Sustainable Development

Research

Research Interests:

Climate Change Adaptation

Biodiversity Conservation

Disaster Risk Reduction

Sustainable Development

Research Projects:

• A new Tropical cyclone Ocean-Coupled Potential Intensity Model for West Indies (TOPIM). Irish Aid. OurShared Ocean Programme. (Co-I) 2023-present.

• Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network. Engineering and Physical Sciences ResearchCouncil (EPSRC). Countries: Dominica, Montserrat, Grenada. (PI) - 2019– 2023.

• Caribbean Adaptation & Mitigation Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Phase IV. United Nations.Countries: The Bahamas and St. Kitts & Nevis. (PI). 2022 – Present

• Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC) Project – Phase 3. Munich ClimateInsurance Initiative (MCII). Countries: Trinidad & Tobago, Belize, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica. (PI). 2023– Present

• Community Assessment of Readiness Tool (CART). Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Countries:Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent. (PI). 2020– 2023

• Adaptation Fund Concept Note and Full Proposal for the Trinidad and Tobago. Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). (Co-I). 2020 – 2021

Graduate Students:

• Jhannel Tomlinson (PhD. Geography): Adaptive Capacity and Community-based Organizations

• Lance Scott (PhD. Geography): Climate Risk Insurance and Agriculture

• Nathalie-Ennis Palmer (MPhil Geography): Land management practices and Protected Areas

• Simone Lee (PhD. Environmental Management): Economic Benefits of Marine Protected Areas

• Ayesha Constable (PhD Geography): Socio-Ecological Resilience and Rural Change

• Tashana Malcolm (PhD Geography): Small-scale Fisheries and Wellbeing

Teaching

Courses Taught:

• Tropical Agriculture and Development (GEOG3131)

• Research Design and Management (GEOG2333)

• Geography Internship and Work Experience (GEOG3433)

• Research Methods in Geography (GEOG2331)

• Geography Research Project (GEOG3430)

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The University of the West Indies, Mona

Department of Geography and Geology

Prof. Donovan Campbell

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