Annah PIGGOT-McKELLAR

PhD candidate - Conferred March 2020

a.piggottmckellar@uq.edu.au

Qualifications

Bachelor of Environmental Management (Hons I)

Interests

Research Interests: Climate change, international development, sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem-based adaptation, conservation, disaster risk management, community development, sustainable development, tourism, waste management, plastic pollution.

Other interests: hiking, travel, scrabble.

Featured projects	Duration
Optimising climate change adaptation in the Pacific Islands	2016–2019

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (7)

Newspaper Article (1)

Research Report (1)

Book Chapter

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., Nunn, Patrick D., McNamara, Karen E. and Sekinini, Seci T. (2020). Dam(n) seawalls: a case of climate change maladaptation in Fiji. Climate change management. (pp. 69-84) edited by Walter Leal Filho. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40552-6_4

Journal Articles

McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., Kumar, Roselyn, Clarke, Tahlia, Namoumou, Frances, Areki, Francis, Joseph, Eugene, Warrick, Olivia and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands. Nature Climate Change, 10 (7), 628-639. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0813-1

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). Who defines “good” climate change adaptation and why it matters: a case study from Abaiang Island, Kiribati. Regional Environmental Change, 20 (2) 43, 43. doi: 10.1007/s10113-020-01614-9

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2019). A livelihood analysis of resettlement outcomes: lessons for climate-induced relocations. Ambio, 49 (9), 1474-1489. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01289-5

McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Piggott-Mckellar, Annah, Buggy, Lisa and Azfa, Aishath (2019). What is shaping vulnerability to climate change? The case of Laamu atoll, Maldives. Island Studies Journal, 14 (1), 81-100. doi: 10.24043/isj.67

Piggott-McKellar, Annah, McNamara, Karen, Nunn, Patrick and Sekinini, Seci (2019). Moving people in a changing climate: lessons from two case studies in Fiji. Social Sciences, 8 (5) 133, 133. doi: 10.3390/socsci8050133

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E., Nunn, Patrick D. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature. Local Environment, 24 (4), 374-390. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E. and McNamara, Karen E. (2017). Last chance tourism and the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25 (3), 397-415. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1213849

Newspaper Article

Piggott-McKellar, Annah and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2016, 08 15). Survey: two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef tourists want to ‘see it before it’s gone’ The Conversation

Research Report

McNamara, K. E., Clissold, R., Piggott-McKellar, A. and Buggy, L. (2016). Vulnerability and vulnerable groups: Baseline, indicators and assessments for Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Brisbane QLD Australia: University of Queensland.