{"id":59,"date":"2023-03-08T20:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalclimatefutures.org.uk\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:28:58","slug":"59-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalclimatefutures.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"59\" class=\"elementor elementor-59\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fb42ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9fb42ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4038b7f\" data-id=\"4038b7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9e557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f9e557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><strong><i>\u00a0DIGITAL CLIMATE FUTURES &#8211; A decolonial and justice perspective on digitalised climate change adaptation<\/i><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>was a 3-year research project, completed in March 2026, based at Lancaster University and Bath Spa University, with funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leverhulme.ac.uk\/\">Leverhulme Trust<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>(grant number RPG-2022-200).<\/p><\/div><div><p>The project investigated how the digital has been entering climate adaptation &#8211; a theme that is surprisingly underexplored and under-theorised.<\/p><\/div><div><p>To fill this gap, the project developed a novel theoretically-driven and empirically grounded research programme that for the first time combines a justice angle on &#8216;smart&#8217; climate adaptation with decolonial approaches to the digital. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cabe3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"6cabe3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-989b0d4\" data-id=\"989b0d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5046e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a5046e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- ============================================================\n     DIGITAL CLIMATE FUTURES \u2014 HOMEPAGE CAROUSEL\n     Paste this entire block into an Elementor HTML widget.\n\n     WHAT TO CUSTOMISE:\n     - 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