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Nick Simpson

@nickzimson.bsky.social
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Co-Director at Climate Risk Lab & Chief Research Officer at ACDI (UCT). Climate change and Heritage; Education; Sport; Response Risk; IPCC AR7 Special Report on Cities & WGII

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This new video from @climateadam.bsky.social is even more brilliant than usual - insightful and hilarious 🧐🤣❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
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Climate Scientist Reacts to AI Overlords
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 28/10/2025
🎽Most marathons (86% of the 221 global races analyzed) are expected to decline in odds of optimal running for either recreational or elite runners by 2045. Check out the impacts on specific races using our interactive tool! 2/2 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
Colored horizontal bar graphs show what races would have the best running conditions.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
National Climate Change Risk Assessment out now 👇🏽 Risk to current ecosystems VERY HIGH. Rick by 2050 VERY HIGH to SEVERE
A map of Australia showing climate change risks to natural environments
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Case studies: 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇯🇲 🇧🇩 🇰🇿 Link to full paper: odi.org/en/publicati... with the brilliant colleagues at @odi.global @acdi.bsky.social - @jodiekeane.bsky.social, Nat Mason and Mark Miller #ClimateRisk #Development #GreenTransition #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice
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Securing structural economic transformation in a climate-changed world
In a world transformed by climate change, how can nations secure economic growth? This report explores how countries are building resilience and prosperity by diversifying their economies and leveragi...
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Key ideas: 🌍 Climate impacts are already disrupting productive sectors 📉 Responses to climate change can “squeeze” vulnerable economies 📈 But a “green ease” is possible — with joined-up policy, fair finance, and inclusive trade
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🧵 New paper out 📄 “Securing Structural Economic Transformation in a Climate-Changed World” We explore how climate change is reshaping development pathways — not just through physical impacts, but also through the global response: trade rules, finance, and geopolitics.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
How to apply: Submit a single PDF with your application letter, CV, academic transcripts, a writing sample, and the email addresses of two references. The application deadline is September 30, 2025. #ClimateChange #Postdoc #Research #AI #UniversityOfCapeTown #ClimateAdaptation #AcademicJobs
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We offer: - A competitive tax-free fellowship of ZAR 450,000–600,000 per year for two years, with the possibility of extension. - A vibrant research environment at a leading university in Africa. - Opportunities for global collaboration and leadership in climate adaptation science.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We're looking for someone with: - Experience in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or evidence synthesis. - A demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles. - Familiarity with AI/ML applications in research or environmental data analysis.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
What you'll do: - Lead global knowledge synthesis on climate change adaptation and risk. - Use AI and machine learning to improve evidence synthesis. - Lead high-impact publications and contribute to policy-relevant outputs.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Delighted to announce that we are recruiting multiple Postdoctoral Research Fellows to lead cutting-edge work at the intersection of climate change adaptation, AI, and global evidence synthesis. @ascend-uct.bsky.social @acdi.bsky.social
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RiskKAN @riskkan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🚨 Open Call for new Steering Committee Members 🚨 Are you working on #risks from #extremeEvents under #environmentalChange? Join us as Risk KAN Steering Committee member for the upcoming term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka... www.risk-kan.org @futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
And here is a podcast version: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9pqm9-... open.spotify.com/show/3u8zCUo...
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Complex Climate Risk: Advances and Adaptation Strategies
This podcast focuses on recent advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation and discusses how to better assess and manage the intricate and interconnected risks posed by climate c...
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Read the full paper: 📄 Simpson et al. (2025) “Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation” 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441... Let’s build adaptation that’s systemic, equitable, and feasible. [9/9]
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Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation - npj Climate Action
Recent advances in climate change risk assessment and management and their application across cities, coastal zones, and finance highlight promising opportunities for near-term action to better govern...
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
What’s new? We extend DAPP to DAPP-MR for multi-risk systems. We link systemic risk modeling with adaptation feasibility. We emphasize co-production, local knowledge, and fiscal realism. [8/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Equity & feasibility: We outline 5 enablers for governing complex risks: Equity in planning Avoiding maladaptation Actionable knowledge Multi-disciplinary integration Local feasibility assessment [7/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Finance & insurance: Climate risks are reshaping sovereign debt, insurance markets, and fiscal resilience. We propose fiscal stress testing and risk-layering to guide adaptation finance. Case: Danube region multi-risk fiscal gap analysis. [6/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Coastal zones: With billions at risk from sea-level rise, we need tools that prioritize infrastructure and visualize cascading failures. Case: Sweden’s hydrometeorological resilience tool for regional planning. [5/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Cities: Urban areas face interlinked risks. We show how pathways planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) can guide flexible, equitable urban adaptation. Case: New Zealand’s NCCRA & National Adaptation Plan. [4/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Key methods we explore: 🔹 Participatory modeling 🔹 Adaptation pathways (DAPP & DAPP-MR) 🔹 Systemic fiscal disaster risk modeling 🔹 Infrastructure interdependency mapping These help navigate uncertainty and complexity. [3/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Why this matters: Climate risks are increasingly compound, cascading, and systemic—crossing sectors, scales, and borders. Traditional assessments fall short. We highlight methods that make risk governance more actionable. [2/9]
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🧵 Advances in Complex Climate Risk Assessment for Adaptation New comment in npj Climate Action with colleagues across IIASA, SEI, VU Amsterdam, UNU, and NZ. We explore how cities, coasts, and finance can better govern cascading climate risks. [1/9] @riskkan.bsky.social @acdi.bsky.social
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Heritage Adapatation Indicators and the Global Goal on Adaptation. Submision to UNFCCC www.linkedin.com/posts/preser...
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We are proud to announce the release of HACA’s Position Paper, developed by Preserving Legacies in collaboration with heritage professionals and practitioners worldwide. | Preserving Legacies
We are proud to announce the release of HACA’s Position Paper, developed by Preserving Legacies in collaboration with heritage professionals and practitioners worldwide. This paper provides targeted r...
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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“If we understand industrial CO2 as debt, then heat is the interest on that debt…we now find ourselves in the default zone.” And here come the repo-men… Another banger from @johnvaillant.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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John Vaillant: Mark Carney should understand better than anyone why Canada is burning. Here’s how he can change course.
Many reasons for our intense wildfire season are well-known. Our leaders need to do the math in order to save our economy - and us
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government. Our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com shows a further third see ordinary citizens as most responsible, while very few place responsibility on historical emitters that caused the climate crisis.
Comparison of proportion of respondents in each country who have heard of climate change and believe the actor most responsible for limiting climate change is their own government, ordinary Africans, rich countries, or industry.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Open Access here: doi.org/10.1038/s432... @acdi.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social @afrobarometer.bsky.social
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Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government - Communications Earth & Environment
About 45 percent of Africans believe their government is responsible for climate change action, and the least responsibility is attributed to countries and businesses with high greenhouse gas emission...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 10/04/2025
NEW – Survey: ‘Very few’ Africans place responsibility for climate action on ‘rich nations’ | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @nickzimson.bsky.social Dr Stella Nyambura Mbau, Dr Shehnaaz Moosa Read here: buff.ly/CEnPXIB
People gather to watch a cycling race in Muhanga, Rwanda. Credit: Alexey Stiop / Alamy Stock Photo
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Talbot Andrews @talbotmandrews.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I'm so thrilled to share our newest work on African climate attitudes, identifying who people believe is most responsible for addressing climate change (and what makes people more likely to place responsibility on historic emitters).
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Open Access here: doi.org/10.1038/s432... @acdi.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social @afrobarometer.bsky.social
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Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government - Communications Earth & Environment
About 45 percent of Africans believe their government is responsible for climate change action, and the least responsibility is attributed to countries and businesses with high greenhouse gas emission...
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
poverty alleviation and increased access to education, combined with professional frontline government bureaucracies can re-apportion citizen expectations of responsibility for climate action onto historical emitters and actors with more resources for scalable climate action
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
In regions with high levels of state professionalism, respondents are more likely to say that ordinary citizens can do something to address climate change. state professionalism is associated with citizens’ increased willingness to act and demand action from the state.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
opportunity for change -> citizens who have access to resources and information are associated with support for climate action broadly, the empowerment of everyday Africans to act, and the recognition that historic emitters should play a larger role in climate action.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
these results are important as political actors and climate governance stakeholders more broadly will need to pay greater attention to climate action as citizens experience climate impacts, understand its consequences, and increasingly look to hold their representatives and governments to account.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
these findings are concerning because they also show that for those with least capacity to deal with climate impacts, there is low expectation of any improvement on responsiveness of their government.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government. Our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com shows a further third see ordinary citizens as most responsible, while very few place responsibility on historical emitters that caused the climate crisis.
Comparison of proportion of respondents in each country who have heard of climate change and believe the actor most responsible for limiting climate change is their own government, ordinary Africans, rich countries, or industry.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore climate change risks to sport. An excellent opportunity to push forward the frontiers understanding the risks and adaptation options for a sector of major economic and cultural importance globally acdi.uct.ac.za/opportunities @acdi.bsky.social
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore climate change risks to sport. An excellent opportunity to push forward the frontiers understanding the risks and adaptation options for a sector of major economic and cultural importance globally acdi.uct.ac.za/opportunities @acdi.bsky.social
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Marcy Rockman @liftingrocks.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Republican proposals are underway to use the Congressional Review Act to revoke regulations currently protecting underwater archaeology. This is not good for our connections to history or our environments. #ClimateHeritage www.science.org/content/arti...
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Congress could soon erase Biden rules on archaeology, climate, and the environment
Seldom used law could enable Republicans to repeal numerous regulations
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Open Access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Low perception of climate change by farmers and herders on Tibetan Plateau
Vulnerable groups living in climate-sensitive areas are facing unprecedented risks. Their perception of the changing climate and its impacts has poten…
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Projections of future climate change for Tibet caution severe challenges for farmers and herders as exceedance of climate-driven ecological thresholds are projected to increase land degradation and reduce optimal land for grazing.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Identifying synergies between dimensions of human well-being and adaptation to climate change is critical for investment in the scalable transformations needed to reduce vulnerability to climate change and achieve more sustainable livelihoods.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Broader dimensions of well-being influence perception and confidence in adaptation options as average annual income, having a credit loan, consuming trusted media, and living on high-altitude locations have a significant positive effect on perception.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Perceptions of climate change are more sensitive to rates of temperature change, changes around ice melt, and extremes, than increases in average temperatures.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Our integrated analysis of physical climate trends, demographic characteristics, and climate change responses of over 24,000 farmers and herders across the Tibetan Plateau, finds that fewer than 26% of respondents perceive the significant warming trend in their region.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This work is important because the significant warming trend on the Tibetan Plateau has been dramatic and vulnerable groups living in climate-sensitive areas are facing unprecedented risks. Perception has potentially significant influence over the choices they make in response.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Our new paper out today in Global Environmental Change highlights the relationships between perceptions and experiences of #climate_change among herders and farmers in #Tibet and the implications for #adaptation. #Climate_literacy @talbotmandrews.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages, available Open Access here: www.nature.com/articles/s44... @britishacademy.bsky.social @joanneclarke.bsky.social
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Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages - npj Climate Action
Heritage conservation recognizes that losses and damages cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations...
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We discuss how #heritage principle of #curating_transformation can advance #climate_action through pragmatic and participatory management of losses and damages, offering lessons for climate change #adaptation and giving people agency over what is lost.
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Nick Simpson @nickzimson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
In our new paper out today, we highlight that #losses and #damages from #climate_change cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations; even when what is valued is gone.
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