Tracy Kajumba

Tracy Kajumba was director of the LIFE-AR interim secretariat, and a member of IIED's Climate Change research group, until August 2026

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Expertise

Climate change adaptation and resilience, climate finance, adaptation monitoring and evaluation, equitable partnerships, gender and social justice

Before IIED

Regional senior climate change and development advisor for sub-Saharan Africa with Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs
Country coordinator, Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance
Advisor, gender, climate change and conflict management, Care International, Uganda
Senior assistant secretary, government of Uganda

Video playlist

Projects

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Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships

Active Project

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Supporting the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR)

Active Project

Insights

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Country platforms: are we asking the right questions?

Insight, 29 October 2025

Tree seedilings being watered and tended in Vrassan, Burkina Faso.

Climate finance for least developed countries: lessons on locally led adaptation

Insight, 06 November 2024

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COVID-19’s web of impact: rising inequality and intersectional vulnerabilities

Insight, 30 May 2023

People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields

CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda

Insight, 15 March 2023

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Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Insight, 08 March 2023

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Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Insight, 13 February 2023

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COP27: re-imagining partnerships for adaption finance

Insight, 05 October 2022

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In or out! Why balanced panels matter

Insight, 29 April 2022

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Every voice counts: addressing inequality in research and development

Insight, 16 March 2022

A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape

Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes

Insight, 07 September 2021

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Rethinking research and development approaches from a decolonisation perspective

Insight, 14 July 2021

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Putting gender, intersectionality and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate change

Insight, 19 May 2021

A protest march

Empowering women and youth for transformative climate and environment justice

Insight, 14 May 2020

Publications

Cover of the report, Understanding barriers to women's participation in the UN climate negotiations

Understanding barriers to women’s participation in the UN climate negotiations

11 February 2025

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Towards equitable partnerships

23 October 2024

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Dialogues on strengthening equitable partnerships

30 October 2023

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Exploring equity in partnerships

17 October 2023

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Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions

13 September 2023

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Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact

28 November 2022

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Better farmer benefits from renewable energy: improving inclusion and uptake in Kenya

06 October 2022

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Engaging citizens for socially just climate action

01 July 2022

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The effectiveness of health provision for women and girls in the context of gender inequalities and climate change

24 March 2021

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Climate action for governance programmes

08 September 2020

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Framing and tracking 21st century climate adaptation

01 November 2019

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Climate change, skills development and green jobs

29 January 2019

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Improvement of agro-meteorological and climate information

29 November 2018

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Women as agents of change: towards a climate and gender justice approach

29 November 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Tanzania

23 April 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Uganda

23 April 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Zambia

23 April 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Mozambique

23 April 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Ethiopia

20 April 2018

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Climate risk assessment – Malawi

20 April 2018

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Examples of low cost community based adaptation projects

18 May 2016

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A bottom-up approach: Identifying national standard climate change indicators for Uganda

01 March 2016

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Strengthening frameworks to monitor and evaluate climate adaptation in Uganda

01 April 2015

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Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Uganda: TAMD appraisal study

01 March 2015

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