Dr Katie Jenkins

Personal statement:

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, working across social and physical science with an interest in social and economic climate risks and adaptation.

I have expertise in developing methodologies and modelling tools to assess social and economic consequences of climate change; assessing adaptation strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective; and the co-production of policy-relevant adaptation and climate impact inventories. This includes systematic reviews and document analysis.

Key topic areas of research or interest:

1. Methods to identify and assess climate change adaptation. Tracking adaptation action is critical to understand what is already happening; to support future decision-making; and enhance adaptive capacity. I have developed a UK Adaptation Inventory to help disseminate information on what adaptation is happening on the ground; explore the role of adaptation data and reporting in supporting current and future decision making; and explore if and how different sectors are adapting.

2. Enhancing understanding of climate-related risks on society and the economy. Through co-production of project outputs I work to ensure the the latest data and information is accessible and designed to support active, place-based adaptation activities. This includes running training workshops on climate risk information, as part of the UK Maximising Adaptation to Climate Change Hub (MACC-HUB).

Publications:

Publications:

Jenkins, K., Nicholls, R. J., & Sayers, P. (2025). Climate change adaptation in the port industry: Evaluating evidence of implemented adaptation using a national adaptation inventory. Earth’s Future, 13, e2024EF005841. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005841

Kennedy-Asser, A.T., Andrews, O.D., Montgomery, J., Jenkins, K. et al (2025) The role of local knowledge in enhancing climate change risk assessments in rural Northern Ireland. Climate Risk Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2025.100702

Smith, AJP., Minns, A., Nicholls, RJ., Beswick, A., Jenkins, K., Avrutin, S., Robson, C. (2025) Delivering place-based climate risk data in support of local adaptation decisions. Climate Risk Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2025.100701

Jenkins, K., Ford, A., Robson C., Nicholls, RJ. (2022) Identifying adaptation ‘on the ground’: Development of a UK Adaptation Inventory. Climate Risk Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100430

Other outputs:

Jenkins, K., Nicholls, R.J., Sayers, P.B, Redhead, J., Price, J., Pywell, R., He, Y., Minns, A., Tozer, N., Carr, S (2024) The UK Fens Climate Change Risk Assessment: Big challenges and strategic solutions. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich. https://awinnovationhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Fens-Climate-Change-Risk-Assessment-Final-4.pdf

McHarg, E., Jenkins, K., Neufeldt, H., Tompkins, E., Adams, H., Hutton, C (2025) Identifying and evaluating climate change adaptation action. https://tyndall.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Identifying-and-evaluating-climate-change-adaptation-action-Tyndall-25-Briefing-Note.pdf

Jenkins, K., Ford, A., Robson, C. & Nicholls, R. J. (2022) UK Adaptation Inventory Database. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. https://www.nismod.ac.uk/openclim/adaptation_inventory

Jenkins, K. Forstenhäusler, N. Warren, R. et al. (2022) Searchable Inventory of Global Climate Impacts. Climate services for a net zero resilient world. UK Government. Climate services for a Net Zero resilient world – GOV.UK