Journal articles
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2023
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Sebastien Jodoin, Jean-Philippe Lemay, Verity Thomas, Kasia Johnson. Human rights in climate change adaptation policies. Online First. Climate Policy.
2021
Berrang-Ford, Lea, AR Siders, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Alexandra Paige Fischer, Max W Callaghan, et al. 2021. A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change. Nature Climate Change. 11(11): 989-1000.
Ulibarri, Nicola, Idowu Ajibade, Eranga K Galappaththi, Elphin Tom Joe, Alexandra Lesnikowski, et al., Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. 2021. A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation. Climate Policy. 22(1): 77-96.
Thomas, Adella, Emily Theokritoff, Alexandra Lesnikowski, et al. 2021. Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation. Regional Environmental Change. 21(3): 1-15.
Araos, Malcolm, et al. 2021. Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review. One Earth. 4(10): 1454-1467.
McDowell, Graham, Madison Stevens, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Christian Huggel, Alexandra Harden, Jose DiBella, Michael Morecroft, Praveen Kumar, Elphin Tom Joe, Indra D Bhatt. 2021. Closing the Adaptation Gap in Mountains. Mountain Research and Development. 41(3): A1-A10.
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Robbert Biesbroek, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford. 2021. Policy implementation styles in local governments: the case of climate change adaptation. Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1814045.
2019
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Lea Berrang-Ford. 2019. A policy mixes approach to conceptualizing and measuring climate change adaptation policy. Climatic Change 156: 447–469.
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ella Belfer, Emma Rodman, Julie Smith, Robbert Biesbroek, John D. Wilkerson, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford. 2019. Frontiers in data analytics for adaptation research: Topic modeling. WIREs Climate Change 10(3): e573.
Conevska, Aleksandra, James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Sherri Harper. 2019. Assessing the adaptation fund’s responsiveness to developing country’s needs. Climate and Development 12 (5): 436-447.
Berrang-Ford, Lea, Robbert Biesbroek, James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Andrew Tanabe, Frances M. Wang, Chen Chen, Angel Hsu, Jessica J. Hellmann, Patrick Pringle, Martina Grecequet, J.-C. Amado, Saleemul Huq, Shuaib Lwasa, S. Jody Heymann. 2019. Tracking global climate change adaptation among governments. Nature Climate Change 9: 440-449.
Conevska, Aleksandra, James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, and Sherri Harper. 2019. Adaptation financing for projects focused on food systems through the UNFCCC. Climate Policy 19 (1): 43-58.
2018
Biesbroek, Robbert, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Lea Berrang-Ford, Martinus Vink, and James Ford. 2018. Do Administrative Traditions Matter for Climate Change Adaptation Policy? A Comparative Analysis of 32 High Income Countries. Review of Policy Research 35 (6): 881-906.
Biesbroek, Robbert, Lea Berrang-Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Stephanie Austin, and James D. Ford. 2018. Data, concepts and methods for large-n comparative climate change adaptation policy research: a systematic literature review. WIREs Climate Change 9 (6): e548.
2017
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Lea Berrang-Ford, Michelle Maillet, Malcolm Araos, and Stephanie E. Austin. 2017. What Does the Paris Agreement Mean for Adaptation? Climate Policy 17 (7): 825-831.
2016
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Lea Berrang-Ford, and S. Jody Heymann. 2016. National-Level Progress on Adaptation. Nature Climate Change 6 (3): 261-264.
Ford, James D., Simon E. Tilleard, Lea Berrang-Ford, Malcolm Araos, Robbert Biesbroek, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Graham K. MacDonald, Angel Hsu, Chen Chen, and Livia Bizikova. 2016. Opinion: Big Data Has Big Potential for Applications to Climate Change Adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (39): 10729–32.
Araos, Malcolm, Lea Berrang-Ford, James D Ford, Stephanie E Austin, Robbert Biesbroek, and Alexandra Lesnikowski. 2016. Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Large Cities: A Systematic Global Assessment. Environmental Science and Policy. 66: 375-382.
2015
Ford, James D., Lea Berrang-Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Malcolm Araos, Stephanie Austin, and Alexandra Lesnikowski. 2015. Adaptation Tracking for a Post-2015 Climate Agreement. Nature Climate Change 5: 967–69.
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, Magda Barrera, and Jody Heymann. 2015. How Are We Adapting to Climate Change? A Global Assessment. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20 (2): 277–93.
2014
Berrang-Ford, Lea, James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Carolyn Poutiainen, Magda Barrera, and S. Jody Heymann. 2014. What Drives National Adaptation? A Global Assessment. Climatic Change 124 (1–2): 441–50.
2013
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, Magda Barrera, Peter Berry, Jim Henderson, and S. Jody Heymann. 2013. National-Level Factors Affecting Planned, Public Adaptation to Health Impacts of Climate Change. Global Environmental Change 23 (5): 1153–63.
Ford, James D., Lea Berrang-ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Magda Barrera, and S Jody Heymann. 2013. How to Track Adaptation to Climate Change: A Typology of Approaches for National-Level Application. Ecology and Society 18 (3): 40-54.
2012
Paterson, Jaclyn A., James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Peter Berry, Jim Henderson, and Jody Heymann. 2012. Adaptation to Climate Change in the Ontario Public Health Sector. BMC Public Health 12 (1): 452.
2011
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, Jaclyn Paterson, Magda Barrera, and S. Jody Heymann. 2011. Adapting to Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Study of UNFCCC Annex I Parties. Environmental Research Letters 6 (4): 044009.
Book chapters
2018
Biesbroek, Robbert, and Alexandra Lesnikowski. 2018. Adaptation. In: Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action? Eds: J. Forster, A. Jordan, D. Huitema, and H. Van Asselt. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 303–319.
2015
Senbel, Maged, and Alexandra Lesnikowski. 2015. Climate Change Planning and Neighbourhood Design for Low-Carbon, Resilient and Health Communities. In: Canadian Cities in Transition. Eds: Pierre Filion, Tara Vinodrai, Ryan Walker, and Markus Moos. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Reports
2017
Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, and Robbert Biesbroek. 2017. Assessing Adaptation Progress at the Global Level: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. In: Adaptation Gap Report 2017: Towards Global Assessment. Ed: Anne Olhoff. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNEP-DTU Partnership.
Berrang-Ford, Lea, Frances M. Wang, Alexandra Lesnikowski, James D. Ford, and Robbert Biesbroek. 2017. Towards the assessment of adaptation progress at the global level. In: Adaptation Gap Report 2017: Towards Global Assessment. Ed: Anne Olhoff. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNEP-DTU Partnership.
Wang, Frances M., James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Chen Chen, Lea Berrang-Ford, and Robbert Biesbroek. 2017. Assessing Stakeholder Needs for Adaptation Tracking. In: Adaptation Metrics. UNEP-DTU Partnership.