Miss Rachel Clissold
Senior Research Assistant
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Book Chapter
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
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.
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Latai-Niusulu, Anita and Chandra, Alvin (2021). Cascading loss and loss risk multipliers amid a changing climate in the Pacific Islands. Ambio. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01640-9
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, McNamara, Karen E. and Clissold, Rachel (2021). Ways of healing in the Anthropocene. Climate and Development, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2021.1881425
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., 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
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., 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 and Westoby, Ross (2020). Women’s capabilities in disaster recovery and resilience must be acknowledged, utilized and supported. Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1801397
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, 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
Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2019). Exploring local perspectives on the performance of a community-based adaptation project on Aniwa, Vanuatu. Climate and Development, 12 (5), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1640656
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
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.