Expertise

Areas of Expertise

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Small island developing states (SIDS)
  • Adaptation finance
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Climate justice
  • Caribbean

Her scholarship investigates the human, social, and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation in small island developing states (SIDS), with a special focus on climate justice, and on adaptation finance, an area in which she is a Certified Expert.

Current Research

  • Climate change adaptation in SIDS
  • Climate adaptation finance
  • Climate change adaptation in Caribbean coastal communities
  • Climate justice for Caribbean SIDS

At the core, her work centers islands as marginalized societies with a focus on addressing inequality, securing island futures, and building a just and sustainable world. Key lines of inquiry include climate justice through government-led adaptation actions and the delivery of adaptation finance through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Degrees
MSc, University of Manchester, International Development
BSc, University of the West Indies, International Relations and Political Science
PhD, Australian National University, Global Environmental Change