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Nicholas P. Simpson

Senior Research Fellow, Climate and Sustainability, ODI, Overseas Development Institute

Dr Nick Simpson is a senior research fellow in the climate and sustainability team at ODI. He is also an honorary research fellow at the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town and affiliate of the African Association of Science. He is a lead author of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and the IPCC Synthesis Report. His research focuses on human responses to climate change and climate-resilient development pathways for Africa. His work on complex climate change risk revised the IPCC risk framework and has advanced our understanding of compound and cascading climate risk, including adaptation, maladaptation, and mitigation response risk. Nick has published over 50 peer reviewed articles, including the first continental-scale study of climate change literacy rates across Africa, climate risk to Africa’s coastal heritage, and the first adaptation feasibility assessment for Africa.

Experience

  • –present
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Risk Governance Programme, University of Cape Town

Education

  • 2016 
    University of Cape Town, PhD Science