Aaron Acuda

Researcher, Climate Change research group

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399

Languages: English, Lango, Swahili (basic)

Expertise

Climate change adaptation and mitigation; water resource management; water policy and governance; natural resource management and humanitarian action.

Before IIED

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (2022)
Louis Dreyfus Foundation (2021-22)
UNDP and World Vision Uganda (2018-20)
GreenHub Africa/Friends of Environment Uganda (2016-19)

Education

MSc in water science, policy and management, University of Oxford (2021)
BSc in environmental sciences, Makerere University, Kampala (2018)

Current work

Community-based adaptation to climate change; locally led climate change adaptation; climate finance.

Insights

People sitting around a stable, discussing and listening.

CBA19: Move from words to equitable action on locally led adaptation

Insight, 25 June 2025

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Putting locally-led climate adaptation principles into practice: insights from CBA18

Insight, 02 July 2024

Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17

Insight, 20 June 2023

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Four key messages from CBA16

Insight, 18 October 2022

Publications

Unlocking urban climate finance: barriers and progress in African cities

18 May 2026

Country Platforms Action Toolkit

17 April 2026

Locally implemented or locally led?

14 November 2025

Cover for 'Good practices in accessing and delivering adaptation finance to support Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries' publication

Good practices in accessing and delivering adaptation finance to support Small Island Developing States and least developed countries

10 October 2024

CBA17 key messages

03 July 2023

CBA16 key messages

09 November 2022