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Miss Rachel Clissold

r.clissold@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (18)
Newspaper Articles (6)
Research Reports (3)

Book Chapters

Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Wichman, Vaine (2021). Living with extremes: loss and adjustment in the face of drought and cyclones in the Cook Islands. Loss and Damage Case Studies from the Frontline: A Resource to Support Practice and Policy. (pp. 57-64) edited by Ritu Bharadwaj and Clare Shakya. London, United Kingdom: IIED.
McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Pearson, Jasmine, McLeod-Robertson, Danielle, Ward, Amy and Allgood, Lacey (2017). The role of a women's collective in rebuilding livelihoods after a disaster: case study of Salam Village, Yogyakarta. Disaster risk reduction in Indonesia. (pp. 395-410) edited by Riyanti Djalante, Matthias Garschagen, Frank Thomalla and Rajib Shaw. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-54466-3_16

Journal Articles

McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Clissold, Rachel (2022). Lessons for adaptation pathways in the Pacific Islands. PLOS Climate, e0000011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000011
Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E. and Clissold, Rachel (2022). Ways of healing in the Anthropocene. Climate and Development, 14 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2021.1881425
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Latai-Niusulu, Anita and Chandra, Alvin (2022). Cascading loss and loss risk multipliers amid a changing climate in the Pacific Islands. Ambio, 51 (5), 1239-1246. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01640-9
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross, Raynes, Elizabeth and Licht Obed, Viviane (2021). “We were all heartbroken”: emotional wellbeing and healing after the 2017/18 Manaro Voui eruptions in Ambae, Vanuatu. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 25 (2), 37-44.
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen Elizabeth, Westoby, Ross, Daniel, Ladonna, Raynes, Elizabeth and Licht Obed, Viviane (2021). “I thought I lost my home”: resource loss, distress and recovery after the Manaro Voui volcanic disaster on Ambae Island. Disaster Prevention and Management, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 432-446. doi: 10.1108/dpm-02-2021-0027
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Ahmed, Istiakh, Resurrección, Bernadette P., Fernando, Nishara and Huq, Saleemul (2021). Locally led adaptation: drivers for appropriate grassroots initiatives. Local Environment, 26 (2), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2021.1884669
McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel and Westoby, Ross (2021). Women’s capabilities in disaster recovery and resilience must be acknowledged, utilized and supported. Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (1), 119-125. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1801397
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2021). Alternative entry points for adaptation: examples from Vanuatu. Weather, Climate, and Society, 13 (1), 11-22. doi: 10.1175/wcas-d-20-0064.1
McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel and Chandra, Alvin (2021). Understanding and responding to climate-driven non-economic loss and damage in the Pacific Islands. Climate Risk Management, 33 100336, 100336. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2021.100336
McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel and Westoby, Ross (2020). Marketplaces as sites for the development‐adaptation‐disaster trifecta: insights from Vanuatu. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61 (3) apv.12293, 566-576. doi: 10.1111/apv.12293
Westoby, Ross, Rahman, Mohammad Feisal, McNamara, Karen E., Huq, Saleemul, Clissold, Rachel and Khan, Mizan R. (2020). Sharing adaptation failure to improve adaptation outcomes. One Earth, 3 (4), 388-391. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.002
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E. and Westoby, Ross (2020). Barriers to adaptation: insights from Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61 (2) apv.12258, 381-390. doi: 10.1111/apv.12258
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
Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2020). Exploring local perspectives on the performance of a community-based adaptation project on Aniwa, Vanuatu. Climate and Development, 12 (5), 457-468. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1640656
Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross and McNamara, Karen E. (2020). Women as recovery enablers in the face of disasters in Vanuatu. Geoforum, 113, 101-110. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.05.003
McNamara, Karen E. and Clissold, Rachel (2019). Vulnerable groups and preliminary insights into intersecting categories of identity in Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 40 (3), 410-428. doi: 10.1111/sjtg.12280
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
Clarke, Tahlia, McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel and Nunn, Patrick D. (2019). Community-based adaptation to climate change: lessons from Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Island Studies Journal, 14 (1), 59-80. doi: 10.24043/isj.80

Newspaper Articles

Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen and Westoby, Ross (2020, 12 08). Beyond ‘community’: looking to Vanuatu for alternative entry points to adaptation Devpolicy Blog
McNamara, K. E., Clissold, R. and Westoby, R. (2020, 11 20). Fail forward is necessary in our responses to climate change Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research
Clissold, Rachel, Piggott-McKellar, Annah, McNamara, Karen E., Nunn, Patrick D., Kumar, Roselyn and Westoby, Ross (2020, 06 30). Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead The Conversation
McNamara, K. E. and Clissold, R. (2020, 06 30). Are we getting it right? Community-based climate change adaptation in the Pacific Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research
Clissold, Rachel , McNamara, Karen and Westoby, Ross (2020, 06 02). Women as recovery enablers: listening to ni-Vanuatu market vendors Devpolicy Blog
Clissold, Rachel, Clark, Tahlia, Priebbenow, Benjamin and McNamara, Karen E. (2018, 02 22). Panacea for the Pacific? Evaluating community-based climate change adaptation New Security Beat

Research Reports

McNamara, K. E., Clissold, R., Westoby, R., Piggott-McKellar, A., Kumar, R., Clarke, T., Watson, J. E. M. , Jupiter, S., Chisholm, M., Namoumou, F., Areki, F., Joseph, E., Warrick, O. and Nunn, P. D. (2020). Policy Brief: The need for community-led adaptation in the Pacific Islands. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
McNamara, K. E., Clissold, R., Piggott-McKellar, A. and Azfa, A. (2017). Policy Brief: Vulnerability and vulnerable groups in Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
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.
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