
Dr Rachel James
BA (Hons), DPhil
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Geographical Sciences
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Research interests
I am a climate scientist, with expertise in African climate systems and contemporary and future climate change. The goal of my research is to improve understanding of the impacts of climate change, to support sustainable and equitable societal transformation in changing environments.
I am particularly interested in developing research to support adaptation to changing hydroclimate risk in Africa, and developing science to inform international climate change policy.
Much of my work involves analysing processes and mechanisms of change, particularly in climate models. This work is designed to assess the plausibility of simulated responses to human-induced climate change, in order to provide more credible information for decision-making.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Participatory climate information distillation for urban flood resilience'
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/10/2021 to 31/03/2022
Participatory climate information distillation for urban flood resilience'
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
NERC funded six-month project supporting the COP26 Adaptation and Resilience theme. Led by the University of Bristol with partners in the UK, South Africa and Zambia, the FRACTAL-PLUS project aims…Managing organisational unit
Science Faculty OfficeDates
01/10/2021 to 31/03/2022
Publications
Recent publications
23/10/2021Could Reducing Body Fatness Reduce the Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer via the Insulin Signalling Pathway? A Systematic Review of the Mechanistic Pathway
Metabolites
Coupled Climate Model Simulation of Tropical–Extratropical Cloud Bands over Southern Africa
Journal of Climate
Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy
Sustainability Science
Towards an inventory of the impacts of human-induced climate change
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Attribution: How Is It Relevant for Loss and Damage Policy and Practice?
Loss and Damage from Climate Change