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Griffith University
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Research Topics
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Top 5 Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Environmental Management | Human Geography
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability |
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Publications
Coping and Adapting to Climate Change in Australia: Yoga Perspectives
Publisher: International Association of Yoga Therapists
Date: 2022
Abstract: Scientists caution against ignoring human-induced climate change and related health repercussions, with a growing body of literature highlighting the mental health effects of climate change and the importance of understanding coping and adaptation strategies. Less is known, however, about sustainable personal practices fortifying mental health in the context of climate change. The present study sought to investigate how long-term yoga practitioners (yoga therapists or yoga teachers) in Australia with a lived experience of climate change–related events are coping and adapting. The aim was to better understand participants’ reports of climate change–related experiences and how yoga influences their mental health and choices in the face of climate change. Eleven in-depth telephone interviews were conducted and analyzed using an interpretive phenomenological methodology. Participants reported that their ongoing relationship with yoga influences how they cope with climate change-related stressors and their being-in-the-world, and how concern for all life bolsters their responses to climate change. The results illustrate the part yoga may play in supporting long-term practitioners to prepare for, cope with, and respond to climate change events and impacts. Offering inclusive, interdisciplinary yoga therapy and community-based networks fostering ethical living and response flexibility may prove beneficial not only for the mental health and coping ability of participants, but for the planet.
Improving development outcomes and reducing disaster risk through planned community relocation
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-10-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10103545
Abstract: The idea of relocation as a transformative disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and development strategy follows the assumption that relocation reduces the vulnerability of communities. Yet, it is unclear whose and what kind of vulnerability is reduced through relocation, and which factors are important in determining the “success” of relocation efforts as strategies for development, climate change adaptation (CCA), and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Temporary and short distance relocation is highly likely to achieve increased resilience by reducing exposure, but relocation to a new area and new communities brings a range of issues. CCA and DRR use different timescales and focal points regarding relocation: CCA focuses on future mass permanent relocation and the subsequent potential loss of cultures and identities mainly due to projected sea level rise. The DRR community focuses on temporary relocation as a way to reduce exposure to a range of hazards, although it is also involved in permanent movement as a transformative way to reduce risk and enhance development. We explore these differences in this paper, with ex les mainly from the Pacific Small Island Developing States where past relocations have been numerous. Better understanding and articulation of the underlying assumptions and preferences in CCA, DRR, and development discourses on planned community relocation could provide a richer context for future planning and dealing with both slow-onset and sudden disasters.
Adaptation rationales and benefits: A foundation for understanding adaptation impact
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Tempering growth: Planning for the challenges of climate change and growth management in SEQ
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2010
Strategies for improving adaptation practice in developing countries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-04-2014
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2199
Assessing the alignment of national-level adaptation plans to the Paris Agreement
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Visualising the invisible: collaborative approaches to local-level resilient development in the Pacific Islands region
Publisher: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Date: 31-05-2022
Abstract: The Pacific Islands region has made strong progress on the integration of climate change, disaster management and development frameworks, particularly via the Pacific Urban Agenda and the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific. These frameworks highlight the need for local- level collaboration in achieving ambitious pathways for climate- and disaster-resilient development. However, to date little research has investigated the role that local-level collaboration plays in implementation. Additionally, there is a lack of guidance on how to design and implement local-level collaboration that is informed by in-country practitioner experiences. This study addresses those gaps. Its findings indicate that in the Pacific collaborative attributes span in iduals, institutions, collaborative arrangements, and broader governance systems. They also suggest that the skills needed to undertake collaboration well at the local level are, in part, already manifest in Pacific cultures as invisible skill sets. More can be done to make the invisible visible by documenting and developing the ‘soft skills’ that are necessary to achieve climate- and disaster-resilient development. This action could contribute to bridging the gap between ambition and reality.
Conceptualizing vulnerability and adaptive capacity of tourism from an indigenous Pacific Islands perspective
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 21-12-2019
Is adaptation a local responsibility?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2015
Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-05-2020
DOI: 10.1007/S11625-020-00807-9
Abstract: Recent evidence shows that climate change is leading to irreversible and existential impacts on vulnerable communities and countries across the globe. Among other effects, this has given rise to public debate and engagement around notions of climate crisis and emergency. The Loss and Damage (L& D) policy debate has emphasized these aspects over the last three decades. Yet, despite institutionalization through an article on L& D by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Paris Agreement, the debate has remained vague, particularly with reference to its remit and relationship to adaptation policy and practice. Research has recently made important strides forward in terms of developing a science perspective on L& D. This article reviews insights derived from recent publications by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and others, and presents the implications for science and policy. Emerging evidence on hard and soft adaptation limits in certain systems, sectors and regions holds the potential to further build momentum for climate policy to live up to the Paris ambition of stringent emission reductions and to increase efforts to support the most vulnerable. L& D policy may want to consider actions to extend soft adaptation limits and spur transformational, that is, non-standard risk management and adaptation, so that limits are not breached. Financial, technical, and legal support would be appropriate for instances where hard limits are transgressed. Research is well positioned to further develop robust evidence on critical and relevant risks at scale in the most vulnerable countries and communities, as well as options to reduce barriers and limits to adaptation.
Mapping tourism stakeholders' weather and climate information-seeking behavior in Fiji
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Date: 05-2017
Abstract: Tourism is inherently dependent on weather and climate, and its sustainability and resilience to adverse weather and climate impacts is greatly enhanced by providing tailored climate services to tourism sector stakeholders. Climate services need to integrate standard weather forecasts, with early warning systems, seasonal forecasts, and long-term projections of climatic changes in order to meet the information needs of the sector. While a growing number of studies address the potential climate change impacts on tourism, little is known about how the tourism sector accesses, uses, and analyses the available weather and climate information. This research presents findings from an exploratory study on weather and climate information-seeking behavior of 15 private and public tourism sector stakeholders in the Republic of Fiji. The results show a variety of weather and climate information-seeking paths in use, which differ depending on levels of professional responsibility, weather and climate literacy, and information and digital competency. Those with high weather information literacy access a broader variety of sources. Hence, their interpretation does not focus only on their own location, but “weather” is seen as a broad spatial phenomenon that might or might not result in adverse effects in their location. Understanding erse weather and climate information-seeking paths can aid in better targeting climate and adaptation services across different stakeholder groups. Especially in the context of small island developing states (SIDS), the integration of traditional, local, and scientific knowledge as information sources is likely to provide a more useful and context-specific basis for climate adaptation planning within the sector.
Assessing adaptive capacity and adaptation: insights from Samoan tourism operators
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-12-2018
Is adaptation success a flawed concept?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-07-2019
Assessing adaptation implementation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-10-2021
The role of indigenous and traditional knowledge in ecosystem-based adaptation: a review of the literature and case studies from the Pacific Islands
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Date: 10-2018
Abstract: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being advocated as a climate adaptation approach that can deliver multiple benefits to communities. EbA scholarship argues that community-based projects can strengthen those ecosystems that deliver critical services to communities and in doing so enhance community resilience. In particular, the inclusion of indigenous and traditional knowledge (ITK) into community-based EbA projects is positioned as critical to successful climate adaptation. Yet, there is surprisingly little investigation into how ITK is being defined and incorporated into EbA initiatives. This paper critically reviews EbA literature and provides empirical ex les from Vanuatu and Samoa to demonstrate the different ways ITK relates to EbA projects. We find that there is widespread recognition that ITK is important for indigenous and local communities and can be employed successfully in EbA. However, this recognition is more aspirational than practical and is not being necessarily translated into ITK-informed or ITK-driven EbA projects. ITK should not be conceptualized simply as a collection of local environmental information that is integrated with Western scientific knowledge. Instead, ITK is part of nested knowledge systems (information–practices–worldviews) of indigenous peoples. This knowledge includes local natural resource management, sociocultural governance structures, social norms, spiritual beliefs, and historical and contemporary experiences of colonial dispossession and marginalization. At present, most EbA projects focus on the provision of information to main decision-makers only however, since ITK is held collectively, it is essential that entire communities are included in ITK EbA projects. There is a huge potential for researchers and ITK holders to coproduce knowledge that would be best placed to drive climate adaptation in a changing world.
Social benefit cost analysis of ecosystem-based climate change adaptations: a community-level case study in Tanna Island, Vanuatu
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-07-2020
Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2016
Marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation in Asia and Oceania: review of approaches and integration with marine spatial planning
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1071/PC20025
Abstract: There is growing interest in using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to maintain or restore ecosystem services to increase human resilience to climate change. However, to date, the focus on EbA has been on conceptualising the approach and encouraging its use, rather than understanding EbA in practice. We review the EbA literature to synthesise where, why and how marine and coastal EbA projects have been implemented and examine how EbA has been integrated with marine spatial planning. We focus specifically on EbA projects in Asia and Oceania, where climate variability and dependence on marine and coastal ecosystems is high. Most projects were found in the grey literature, implemented in developing countries, and targeted extreme events and sea level rise. Mangroves, particularly mangrove restoration, was the most common ecosystem used, followed by coral reefs. EbA across ecosystems commonly targeted capacity building and livelihood enhancement, and maintenance of wildlife, alongside shoreline protection for mangroves and food security for coral reefs. Integrated EbA and marine spatial planning projects were participatory, implemented at local–regional scales, displayed adaptive management, and community-based or shared governance. Our research helps to build an understanding of EbA in practice and a knowledge base to assist coastal communities in adapting to climate change.
Disrupting path dependency: Making room for Indigenous knowledge in river management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Alternative Perspectives on Sustainability: Indigenous Knowledge and Methodologies
Publisher: Librello
Date: 22-02-2017
Planning for Climate Change: Is Greater Public Participation the Key to Success?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2013
A review of themes in disaster resilience literature and international practice since 2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-10-2018
Australasia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2014
The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 12-11-2021
Abstract: Centromeres attach chromosomes to spindle microtubules during cell ision and, despite this conserved role, show paradoxically rapid evolution and are typified by complex repeats. We used long-read sequencing to generate the Col-CEN
Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-08-2020
Abstract: This article introduces the concept of ‘Sea Cities’ to emphasize a range of tactics to acknowledge the relationship between the sea and cities. This concept is critical for the possibility of integrating future aquatic-based urbanism to address climate change, and in particular, the issue of rising sea levels, which is currently faced by the majority of coastal cities. We compare and assess the tactics of four sea cities (i.e., to fortify, accommodate, release, and floating) against the case study of Jakarta. Jakarta is deemed to be among the metropolitan cities most vulnerable to sea level rise, owing to overpopulation alongside the fact that its land is sinking rapidly due to massive urban development. In order to understand the prospects and pitfalls of each tactic for Jakarta, we analyse scholarly literature on the subject, official government reports and documents, as well as policy briefs released by governments at the national level. This study finds that massive hard structural solutions are not only insufficient but also ineffective towards solving the challenges of climate change in Jakarta, especially the rising sea level. At the same time, it also identifies that while the combination of accommodating and floating tactics has never been considered as future a planning option, this could enable more resilient and adaptive solutions for the future development trajectory of Jakarta. In doing so, it could also provide important transferrable lessons for other coastal cities, especially those within developing countries.
Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2014
Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A review of the constraints
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
Public participation in the governance of metropolitan scale climate adaptation: Panacea or problem?
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-05-2016
Understanding current and future vulnerability in coastal settings: Community perceptions and preferences for adaptation in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-03-2010
Adaptation leadership: A key capability for organisational innovation
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 02-10-2023
Science for Loss and Damage. Findings and Propositions
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 29-11-2018
Implications of the Paris Climate Change Agreement for Adaptation Research and Universities
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Introduction: Limits to Adaptation
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 16-11-2018
Coastal Forest Buffer Zones and Shoreline Change in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Practical Measures for Climate Adaptation?
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2011
Exploring the Multiple Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Tourism for Climate Risks and Destination Well-Being
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 29-07-2020
Abstract: Tourism is strongly interlinked with the natural and social environment, in particular in destinations around the Pacific. These environments are vulnerable to climate change which impacts on the social–ecological system of destinations. Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) uses ecosystems to manage the risks of climate change. However, a gap remains in understanding how the tourism sector can use EbA to create destination-wide benefits. The destination EbA framework presented here aims to address this gap by focusing on well-being and climate risk reduction. The framework is applied to a Pacific case study site, Tanna Island in Vanuatu, by drawing on primary qualitative data. Results highlight that EbA offers an approach for the tourism sector to create holistic benefits to destinations. Several constraints to successful implementation, and how these may be overcome, are identified. The article contributes by providing a framework for other destinations which aim to create benefits through tourism.
Cross-Chapter Box ADAPT: Adaptation science
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 22-06-2022
Climate adaptation research for the next generation
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2013
Adaptation policy and planning in Pacific small island developing states
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 29-03-2019
The role of governance in sub-national adaptation policy implementation
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 29-03-2019
Conclusions: Overcoming the Limits to Adaptation
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 16-11-2018
Alternative approaches to co-design: insights from indigenous/academic research collaborations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2016
Small Islands
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 22-06-2022
Abstract: The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The report recognizes the interactions of climate, ecosystems and bio ersity, and human societies, and integrates across the natural, ecological, social and economic sciences. It emphasizes how efforts in adaptation and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions can come together in a process called climate resilient development, which enables a liveable future for bio ersity and humankind. The IPCC is the leading body for assessing climate change science. IPCC reports are produced in comprehensive, objective and transparent ways, ensuring they reflect the full range of views in the scientific literature. Novel elements include focused topical assessments, and an atlas presenting observed climate change impacts and future risks from global to regional scales. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2022
Research for climate adaptation (vol 2, 220, 2021)
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-10-2021
The Role and Capacity of Government in a Climate Crisis: Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
The practice of integrating adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the south-west Pacific
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-08-2016
Understanding Loss and Damage in Pacific Small Island Developing States
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 29-11-2019
Implications of emergent risk for application of risk transfer mechanisms by local governments in Queensland
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Climate adaptation heuristics and the science/policy divide
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-09-2015
When is transformation a viable policy alternative?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2015
Interactions between two existential threats: COVID-19 and climate change
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Research for climate adaptation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-10-2021
Unpacking the Theory-Practice Gap in Climate Adaptation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Limits to Climate Change Adaptation
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
A critical exploration of adaptation heuristics
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Mapping the evolution and current trends in climate change adaptation science
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
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Related Funding Activities
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100940
Start Date: 05-2019
End Date: 04-2023
Amount: $352,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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