Pierre Candelon

Supervisor(s): Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Dr Estella Carpi and Prof Lisa Vanhala
Funding: Self
Email: pierre.candelon.24@ucl.ac.uk

Safe in the Face of Climate Change: The Role of Religious Leaders

In my research, I aim to explore the role of religious leaders and of religious structures in the increase or decrease of vulnerability for their communities and for those living at the margins, facing loss and damage induced by climate change (both extreme and slow onset events).

Publications

• "Underemphasized and Undervalued": Ways forward for Non-Economic Loss and Damage within the UNFCCC - 2023. Loss and Damage Collaboration: Online.
• White H., McQuistan C, Candelon, P, 2021. COP 26 Brief for Civil Society on demands for the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage.
• Loss and Damage Collaboration (contribution), 2021. A Vision for the Effective Operationalization of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage.
• Candelon, P., 2020. Master thesis: Beliefs or structures - How does religion shape engagement in community-based adaptation projects in Antigua & Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean?

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Development Studies, University of East Anglia, 2017
• Master in Environment Policies and Sciences, AgroParisTech, 2016
• Climate Change, Peace and Security, UNITAR - Worldwide, 2022
• International Migrations, Sciences Po Paris - France, 2022
• Diplomacy in the Modern World, SOAS University of London – United Kingdom, 2020
• European Union – DG ECHO Project Management in Humanitarian Contexts - Belgium, 2019

Teaching

Pierre has been teaching Climate Diplomacy at the university AgroParisTech and in more than five academic institutions in France between 2017 and 2019. He has been a tutor and lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London between 2019 and 2023. He currently serves as an associate lecturer for the Humanitarian Policy module at UCL.