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Lead Author for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report Working Group II Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (AR6, 2022):

Mycoo et al., Chapter 15 “Small Islands”

Mycoo, M., M. Wairiu, D. Campbell, V. Duvat, Y. Golbuu, S. Maharaj, J. Nalau, P. Nunn, J. Pinnegar, and O. Warrick, 2022: Small Islands. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 2043-2121, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.017.

Summary for Policymakers

IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policymakers [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, M. Tignor, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem (eds.)]. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-33, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.001.

AR6 Technical Summary

Pörtner, H.-O., D.C. Roberts, H. Adams, I. Adelekan, C. Adler, R. Adrian, P. Aldunce, E. Ali, R. Ara Begum, B. Bednar-Friedl, R. Bezner Kerr, R. Biesbroek, J. Birkmann, K. Bowen, M.A. Caretta, J. Carnicer, E. Castellanos, T.S. Cheong, W. Chow, G. Cissé, S. Clayton, A. Constable, S. Cooley, M.J. Costello, M. Craig, W. Cramer, R. Dawson, D. Dodman, J. Efitre, M. Garschagen, E.A. Gilmore, B. Glavovic, D. Gutzler, M. Haasnoot, S. Harper, T. Hasegawa, B. Hayward, J.A. Hicke, Y. Hirabayashi, C. Huang, K. Kalaba, W. Kiessling, A. Kitoh, R. Lasco, J. Lawrence, M.F. Lemos, R. Lempert, C. Lennard, D. Ley, T. Lissner, Q. Liu, E. Liwenga, S. Lluch-Cota, S. Löschke, S. Lucatello, Y. Luo, B. Mackey, K. Mintenbeck, A. Mirzabaev, V. Möller, M. Moncassim Vale, M.D. Morecroft, L. Mortsch, A. Mukherji, T. Mustonen, M. Mycoo, J. Nalau, M. New, A. Okem (South Africa), J.P. Ometto, B. O’Neill, R. Pandey, C. Parmesan, M. Pelling, P.F. Pinho, J. Pinnegar, E.S. Poloczanska, A. Prakash, B. Preston, M.-F. Racault, D. Reckien, A. Revi, S.K. Rose, E.L.F. Schipper, D.N. Schmidt, D. Schoeman, R. Shaw, N.P. Simpson, C. Singh, W. Solecki, L. Stringer, E. Totin, C.H. Trisos, Y. Trisurat, M. van Aalst, D. Viner, M. Wairu, R. Warren, P. Wester, D. Wrathall, and Z. Zaiton Ibrahim, 2022: Technical Summary. [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, M. Tignor, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem (eds.)]. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 37-118, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.002.

Lead, Cross Chapter Box ADAPT: Adaptation Science (Chapter 1)

Johanna Nalau (Australia/Finland), Lauren Rickards (Australia), Tabea Lissner (Germany), Katharine J. Mach (USA), Lisa Schipper (Sweden/UK), Chandni Singh (India), William Solecki (USA), Adelle Thomas (Bahamas) and Edmond Totin (Benin), pp. 166-169

Contributing Author for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report (AR6 WGII 2022):

Ara Begum et al., Chapter 1 “Point of Departure and Key Concepts”

Ara Begum, R., R. Lempert, E. Ali, T.A. Benjaminsen, T. Bernauer, W. Cramer, X. Cui, K. Mach, G. Nagy, N.C. Stenseth, R. Sukumar, and P. Wester, 2022: Point of Departure and Key Concepts. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O.Pörtner, D.C.Roberts, M.Tignor, E.S.Poloczanska, K.Mintenbeck, A.Alegría, M.Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 121–196, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.003.

Schipper et al., Chapter 18 “Climate Resilient Development Pathways”

Coordinating Lead Authors: E. Lisa F. Schipper (Sweden/UK), Aromar Revi (India), Benjamin L. Preston (Australia/USA), Lead Authors: Edward. R. Carr (USA), Siri H. Eriksen (Norway), Luis R. Fernández-Carril (Mexico), Bruce Glavovic (South Africa/New Zealand), Nathalie J.M. Hilmi (France/Monaco), Debora Ley (Mexico/Guatemala), Rupa Mukerji (India/Switzerland), M. Silvia Muylaert de Araujo (Brazil), Rosa Perez (Philippines), Steven K. Rose (USA), Pramod K. Singh (India) Contributing Authors: Paulina Aldunce (Chile), Aditya Bahadur (India), Natália Barbosa de Carvalho (Brazil), Ritwika Basu (India), Nick Brooks (UK), Donald A. Brown (USA), Anna Carthy (Ireland), Vanesa Castán Broto (Spain/UK), Ralph Chami (USA), John Cook (USA), Daniel de Berrêdo Viana (Brazil), Frode Degvold (Norway), Shekoofeh Farahmend (Iran), Roger Few (UK), Gianfranco Gianfrate (France), H. Carina Keskitalo (Sweden), Florian Krampe (Germany/Sweden), Rinchen Lama (South Africa), Julia Leventon (Czech Republic/UK), Rebecca McNaught (New Zealand), Yu Mo (China/UK), Marianne Mosberg (Norway), Michelle Mycoo (Trinidad and Tobago), Johanna Nalau (Australia/Finland), Karen O’Brien (Norway), Meg Parsons (New Zealand), Alain Safa (France), Majid Sameti (Iran), Zoha Shawoo (Pakistan/UK), Marcus Taylor (Canada/UK), Mark G.L. Tebboth (UK), Bejoy K. Thomas (India), Kirsten Ulsrud (Norway), Saskia Werners (the Netherlands/ Germany), Keren Zhu (China), Monika Zurek (Germany/UK).

Contributing author for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assessment Report (AR5, 2014):

Klein et al., 2014, Chapter 16 ‘Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits’

(Coordinating Lead Authors: Richard J.T. Klein (Sweden), Guy F. Midgley (South Africa), Benjamin L. Preston (USA); Lead Authors: Mozaharul Alam (Bangladesh), Frans G.H. Berkhout (Netherlands), Kirstin Dow (USA), Yu’e Li (China), Elena Mateescu (Romania), M. Rebecca Shaw (USA): Contributing Authors: Wouter Botzen (Netherlands), Halvard Buhaug (Norway), Karl W. Butzer (USA), Carina Keskitalo (Sweden), Sarshen Marais (South Africa), Robert Muir-Wood (UK), Johanna Mustelin (Finland/Australia), Hannah Reid (UK), Lauren Rickards (Australia), Tim F. Smith (Australia), Paul Watkiss (UK)).

Reisinger et al., 2014, Chapter 25, ‘Australia and New Zealand’

(Coordinating Lead Authors: Andy Reisinger (New Zealand), Roger Kitching (Australia); Lead Authors: Francis Chiew (Australia), Lesley Hughes (Australia), Paul Newton (New Zealand), Sandra Schuster (Australia), Andrew Tait (New Zealand), Penny Whetton (Australia); Contributing Authors: Jon Barnett (Australia), Susanne Becken (New Zealand), Sarah Boulter (Australia), Andrew Campbell (Australia), Jocelyn Davis (Australia), Keith Dear (Australia), Stephen Dovers (Australia), Kyla Finlay (Australia), Bruce Glavovic (New Zealand), Donna Green (Australia), Don Gunasekera (Australia), Simon Hales (New Zealand), John Handmer (Australia), Garth Harmsworth (New Zealand), Alastair Hobday (Australia), Mark Howden (Australia), Graeme Hugo (Australia), David Jones (Australia), Sue Jackson (Australia), Darren King (New Zealand), Miko Kirschbaum (New Zealand), Jo Luck (Australia), Jan McDonald (Australia), Kathy McInnes (Australia), Yiheyis Maru (Australia), Johanna Mustelin (Finland/Australia), Grant Pearce (New Zealand), Susan Peoples (New Zealand), Ben Preston (USA), Penny Reyenga (Australia), Xiaoming Wang (Australia), Leanne Webb (Australia)).

2024 Pro Vice Chancellor (Science) Excellence of a Mid-Career Researcher Award. Griffith Sciences Group, Griffith University, July 2024.

2023 Emerging Leadership. Awarded by Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards for national research excellence and leadership in climate change adaptation, August 2023.

2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) for outstanding action in fighting against the ecological and climate crises on the basis that scientific evidence is of the utmost importance for accelerating climate action.

2022 Queensland Women in STEM Highly Commended Award. Awarded by Queensland Museum on the grounds of research excellence in climate change adaptation heuristics research.

2020 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award. Awarded by the Australian Institute for Policy and Science (AIPS) on the grounds of emerging research leadership and outstanding science communication.

2019 Transformational Staff Award, December 2019, School of Environment and Sciences, Griffith Sciences, Griffith University.

2019 Griffith Outstanding Young Alumnus Award 2019 for Sciences Group, Griffith University.

2019 Gold Coast City Council’s International Women’s Day recognition as one of the 10 women leaders in environmental science on the Gold Coast. https://wearegc.com.au/articles/women-leading-charge-environment-sustainability/

2012 Adaptation Leadership Award from Social, Economic and Institutional Network (SEI), National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF).

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