Dr. Lovees Ahfembombi

Lovees Ahfembombi is a climate change scientist and climate justice scholar who holds a PhD in Geography, with research advancing integrated, locally grounded approaches to climate resilience across Africa. His work examines how participatory governance, Anticipatory Action, climate information, early-warning systems, equitable climate finance, and nature-based solutions can strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers, forest-dependent communities, and climate-vulnerable households. His research connects terrestrial and coastal landscapes, exploring how agroforestry, mangrove restoration, sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and climate-risk financing can generate complementary adaptation benefits. At Columbia Climate School, Lovees contributes to multi-country research on climate-risk governance, agricultural resilience, preparedness, and translating forecasts into timely protective action. He develops participatory and decision-support approaches that integrate scientific evidence with local and Indigenous knowledge while making climate risks, adaptation benefits, costs, trade-offs, and financing responsibilities more visible to communities and decision-makers. He has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed research on climate adaptation, climate finance, food security, environmental governance, gendered vulnerability, and natural-resource management. His scholarship bridges research, policy, and practice by advancing equitable pathways that strengthen livelihoods, restore ecosystems, conserve biodiversity, and reduce vulnerability to climate shocks across African landscapes.