Åse is a water expert and systems ecologist with 20 years’ professional experience with a diverse portfolio of empirical research, project and program management, knowledge brokering and policy work at Swedish, European, African and international level. Her main areas of expertise are social learning and collaboration for adaptive governance, risk reduction and resilience building in various development contexts. This includes risk reduction and adaptation in integrated water resources management, urban water services and integrated planning and management in various ecosystems and urban areas.
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Dodoma, Tanzania - Rapid Climate Risk Assessment
The Global Center on Adaptation has completed the city scoping and rapid climate risk assessment for Dodoma, Tanzania. The study identifies different climate-related hazards for the city, including floods, coastal erosion, and water scarcity.
Conakry, Guinea: City Scoping and Rapid Climate Risk Assessment
The Global Center on Adaptation has completed the city scoping and rapid climate risk assessment for Conakry, Guinea. The study identifies different climate-related hazards for the city, including floods, coastal erosion, and water scarcity.
Scaling up NbS for adaptation in coastal areas
In this webinar, on the 23rd of June, speakers presented coastal adaptation strategies where Nature based Solutions have been used. They explored the challenges and opportunities for upscaling these solutions and discussed the policy framework and financial support to upscale NbS.
Libreville, Gabon: Rapid climate risk assessment
The Global Center on Adaptation has completed the city scoping and rapid climate risk assessment for Libreville, Gabon. The study identifies different climate-related hazards for the city as exclusion of vulnerable people, heat island effects, decrease of air quality and decrease of quality of citizens’ health.
Webinar: Putting water at the center of adaptation
Speakers at the webinar discussed how to put water at the center of adaptation, links with the SDGs, and the WHO's recommendations on how climate change and COVID are linked. They covered community engagement, equity and justice, and principles of water as leverage.
Recommendations on the Global Goal on Adaptation
International organizations working on water made a statement of the importance of water to adaptation as inputs to the process of the Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh Work Program (COP26-COP27) on the Global Goal on Adaptation, which aims to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience, and reduce vulnerability.
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