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Nalau, J., Gilmore, E., and M. Howden (2024). Improving the assessment of climate adaptation in IPCC. (accepted), Nature Climate Action.
Cundill, G., Harvey, B., Ley, D., Singh, C., Huson, B., Aldunce, P., Biesbroek, R., Lawrence, J., Morchain, D., Nalau, J., Simpson, N. & E., Totin (2024). Engaging diverse knowledge holders in adaptation research. Nature Climate Change, 2024. 14(7): p. 662-664.
Parsons, M., Asena, Q., Johnson, D., & Nalau, J. (2024). A bibliometric and topic analysis of climate justice: Mapping trends, voices, and the way forward. Climate Risk Management, 100593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2024.100593
Arteaga, E., Biesbroek, R., Nalau, J., & Howes, M. (2024). Across the Great Divide: A Systematic Literature Review to Address the Gap Between Theory and Practice. SAGE Open, 14(1), 21582440241228019. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241228019
McNaught, R., Nalau, J., Hales, R., Pittaway, E., Handmer, J. & Renouf, J. (2024). Innovation and deadlock in governing disasters and climate change collaboratively – Lessons from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 105: p. 104366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104366
Cobb, G., Nalau, J., & Chauvenet, A. L. M. (2024). Global trends in geospatial conservation planning: a review of priorities and missing dimensions [Systematic Review]. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1209620
Arteaga, E., Nalau, J., Biesbroek, R., & Howes, M. (2023). Unpacking the theory-practice gap in climate adaptation. Climate Risk Management, 42, 100567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100567
Carr, E. R., & Nalau, J. (2023). Adaptation rationales and benefits: A foundation for understanding adaptation impact. Climate Risk Management, 39, 100479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100479
David, T., Buchan, J. & Nalau, J. (2022). Coping and Adapting to Climate Change in Australia: Yoga Perspectives. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 32.
Nalau, J., & Cobb, G. (2022). The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review. Global Environmental Change, 74, 102527. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102527
McNaught, R., McGregor, K., Kensen, M., Hales, R., & Nalau, J. (2022). Visualising the invisible: collaborative approaches to local-level resilient development in the Pacific Islands region. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (26), 28-52. doi:https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi26.8189
Nalau, J. (2021). Assessing adaptation implementation. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01200-9
Currie-Alder, B., Rosenzweig, C., Chen, M., Nalau, J., Patwardhan, A., & Wang, Y. (2021). Research for climate adaptation. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 220. doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00294-5
Ebi, K. L., Bowen, K. J., Calkins, J., Chen, M., Huq, S., Nalau, J., . . . Rosenzweig, C. (2021). Interactions between two existential threats: COVID-19 and climate change. Climate Risk Management, 34, 100363. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2021.100363
Nalau, J., Torabi, E., Edwards, N., Howes, M. & E. Morgan (2021). A critical exploration of adaptation heuristics. Climate Risk Management, 32, 100292. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2021.100292
Nalau, J. and Verrall, B. (2021). Mapping the evolution and current trends in climate adaptation science. Climate Risk Management. 32, 100290. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2021.100290
Giffin, A. L., Brown, C. J., Nalau, J., Mackey, B. G., & Connolly, R. M. (2020). Marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation in Asia and Oceania: review of approaches and integration with marine spatial planning. Pacific Conservation Biology.
Setiadi, R., Baumeister, J., Burton, P., & Nalau, J. (2020). Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 0975425320938539. doi:10.1177/0975425320938539.
Loehr, J., Becken, S., Nalau, J., & Mackey, B. (2020). Exploring the Multiple Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Tourism for Climate Risks and Destination Well-Being. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, doi:10.1177/1096348020944438.
Mechler, R.,Singh, C., Ebi, K., Djalante, R. Thomas, A., James, R.,Tschakert, P., Wewerinke-Singh, M., Schinko, T., Ley, D., Nalau, J., Bouwer, L.M., Huggel, C., Huq, S., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Surminski, S., Pinho, P., Jones, R., Boyd, E., & Revi, A. (2020). Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy. Sustainability Science, 15(4), 1245-1251. doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00807-9
Dilling, L., Prakash, A., Zommers, Z., Ahmad, F., Singh, N., DeWit, S., Nalau, J., Daly, M. & Bowman, K. Is adaptation success a flawed concept? (2019). Nature Climate Change 9(8), 572-574.
Parsons, M., Nalau, J., Fisher, K., & Brown, C. (2019). Disrupting path dependency: Making room for Indigenous knowledge in river management. Global Environmental Change, 56, 95-113.
Edwards, I., Nalau, J., Burton, D., & B. Mackey (2019). Implications of emergent risk for application of risk transfer mechanisms by local governments in Queensland. Environmental Science & Policy 96,1-8.
Morgan. E., Nalau, J. & Mackey, B. (2019). Assessing the alignment of national-level adaptation plans to the Paris Agreement. Environmental Science and Policy 93, 208-220.
Buckwell, A., Ware, D., Fleming, C., Smart, J. C. R., Mackey, B., Nalau, J., & Dan, A. (2019). Social benefit cost analysis of ecosystem-based climate change adaptations: a community-level case study in Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Climate and Development, 1-16. doi:10.1080/17565529.2019.1642179
Tiernan, A., Drennan, L., Nalau, J., Onyango, E., Morrissey, L., & Mackey, B. (2018). A review of themes in disaster resilience literature and international practice since 2012. Policy Design and Practice, 1-22.
Nalau, J., & Handmer, J. (2018). Improving Development Outcomes and Reducing Disaster Risk through Planned Community Relocation. Sustainability, 10(10), 3545.
Nalau, J., Becken, S., Schliephack, J., Parsons, M., Brown, C. & Mackey, B. (2018). The role of Indigenous and Traditional knowledge in Ecosystem-based Adaptation: a review of the literature and case studies from the Pacific Islands. Weather, Climate and Society 0(4), 851-865.
Nalau, J., Becken, S. and Mackey, B. (2018). Ecosystem-based adaptation: A Review of the Constraints Environmental Science and Policy, 89, 357-364.
Parsons, M., Brown, C., Nalau, J., & Fisher, K. (2017). Assessing adaptive capacity and adaptation: insights from Samoan tourism operators. Climate and Development, 1-20.
Nalau, J., Becken, S., Noakes, S., & Mackey, B. (2017). Mapping Tourism Stakeholders’ Weather and Climate Information-Seeking Behavior in Fiji. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9(3), 377-391.
Parsons, M., Nalau, J., & Fisher, K. (2017). Alternative Perspectives on Sustainability: Indigenous Knowledge and Methodologies. Challenges in Sustainability, 5(1).
Parsons, M., Fisher, K., & Nalau, J. (2016). Alternative approaches to co-design: insights from indigenous/academic research collaborations. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 20, 99-105.
Parsons, M., & Nalau, J. (2016). Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation. Global Environmental Change, 38, 82-96.
Nalau, J., & Handmer, J. (2015). When is transformation a viable policy alternative? Environmental Science & Policy, 54, 349-356.
Nalau, J., Handmer, J., Dalesa, M., Foster, H., Edwards, J., Kauhiona, H., . . . Welegtabit, S. (2015). The practice of integrating adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the south-west Pacific. Climate and Development, 1-11.
Nalau, J., Preston, B.L., & Maloney, M. (2015). Is Adaptation a Local Responsibility? Environmental Science and Policy 48(0), 89-98.
Preston, B., Mustelin, J., & Maloney, M. (2015). Climate adaptation heuristics and the science/policy divide. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 20(3), 467-497.
Conway, D. & Mustelin, J. (2014). Strategies for improving adaptation practice in developing countries. Nature Climate Change, 4, 339-342.
Mustelin, J., Kuruppu, N., Matus Kramer, A., Guerra-Noriega, A., de Bruin, K. and Daron, J. (2013) Climate Adaptation Research for the Next Generation. Climate & Development, 5 (3), 189-193.
Burton, P. and Mustelin, J. (2013). Planning for Climate Change: is Public Participation the Key to Success? Urban Policy and Research, 31 (4), 399-415.
Mustelin, J., Klein, R., Asseid, B., Sitari, T., Khamis, M., Mzee, A. & T. Haji (2010). Understanding current and future vulnerability in coastal settings: community perceptions and preferences for adaptation in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Population & Environment 31: 5, 371- 398 pp.
Dedekorkut, A., Mustelin, J., Howes, M. & Byrne, J. (2010) Tempering growth: planning for the challenges of climate change and growth management in SEQ. Australian Planner, 47, 203 – 215.
Leal Filho, W., & Nalau, J. (Eds) (2018). Limits to Climate Change Adaptation. Springer International Publishing, Berlin.
Byrne, C., Haefner, A. and J. Nalau (2024). An unenviable appointment: Australia’s environment ambassador. Submitted to Climate Politics in Oceania, Melbourne University Press.
Nalau, J. (2023). Adaptation Leadership/How to lead well on climate change adaptation, pp. 304-322. In: Mackie, D. (Ed.): Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organizations, Routledge.
Nalau, J., Lawrence, J. & D. Burton (2019). The role of governance in sub-national adaptation policy implementation, pp. 327-346. In: Keskitalo, C.E. & Preston, B. (Eds). Climate Change Adaptation Policy Handbook, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom 2019.
Parsons, M. and Nalau, J. (2019). Adaptation policy for small island states. In: Keskitalo, C.E. & Preston, B. (Eds). Climate Change Adaptation Policy Handbook, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom 2019.
Nalau, J., Movono, A., & Becken, S. (2019). Conceptualizing vulnerability and adaptive capacity of tourism from an indigenous Pacific Islands perspective, pp. 89-105. In J. Saarinen & A. M. Gill (Eds.), Resilient Destinations and Tourism: Governance Strategies in the Transition towards Sustainability in Tourism, Contemporary Geographies of Leisure Tourism and Mobility; Routledge.
Handmer, J., & Nalau, J. (2019). Understanding Loss and Damage in Pacific Small Island Developing States. In R. Mechler, L. M. Bouwer, T. Schinko, S. Surminski, & J. Linnerooth-Bayer (Eds.), Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options (pp. 365-381). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Mechler et al. (2019). Science for Loss and Damage. Findings and Propositions, pp. 3-36. In R. Mechler, L. M. Bouwer, T. Schinko, S. Surminski, & J. Linnerooth-Bayer (Eds.), Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Nalau, J., & Leal Filho, W. (2018). Introduction: Limits to Adaptation, pp. 1-8 In W. Leal Filho & J. Nalau (Eds.), Limits to Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Management, Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64599-5_1.
Leal Filho, W., & Nalau, J. (2018). Conclusions: Overcoming the Limits to Adaptation, pp. 401-409. In W. Leal Filho & J. Nalau (Eds.), Limits to Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Management, Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64599-5_1.
Nalau, J., Schliephack, J., & Becken, S. (2017). Sustainable tourism growth: Tanna Island, Vanuatu, pp. 118-126. In N. Scott (Ed.), Managing Growth and Sustainable Tourism Governance in Asia and the Pacific. World Tourism Organization and Griffith University, UNWTO, Madrid.
Morgan, E., Hallgren, W., Helfer, F., Sahin, O., Nalau, J., Onyango, E., … Mackey, B. (2017). Implications of the Paris Climate Change Agreement for Adaptation Research and Universities. In Climate Change Research at Universities (pp. 251–262).
Nalau, J., Handmer, J. & Dalesa, M. (2017). The role and capacity of government in climate crises: TC Pam in Vanuatu, pp. 151-161. In: Leal Filho, W. (Ed) Climate Change Adaptation in Pacific Countries: Fostering Resilience and Improving the Quality of Life. Springer, Berlin.
Burton, P., & Nalau, J. (2016). Public participation in the governance of metropolitan scale climate adaptation: panacea or problem?, pp. 317–332. In J. Knieling (Ed.), Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions: Theoretical Fundamentals and Practical Evidence, WILEY.
Mustelin, J. and Burton, P. (2014). ‘Show me the benefits’: Approaches to public participation in climate adaptation in South East Queensland, pp. 47-57. In Responding to climate change: lessons from an Australian hotspot, Burton, P. (ed). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Howes, M., Tomerini, D., Dodson, J., Eslami-Endargoli, L. and J. Mustelin (2014). Integrating pollution reporting, climate change adaptation, disaster risk management and land-use planning: A case study of the 2011 Brisbane floods, pp. 85-96. In Burton, P. (Ed), Responding to climate change: lessons from an Australian hotspot. Paul Burton (ed). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Mustelin, J., Khamis, M., Klein, R., Mzee, A., Haji, T., Asseid, B. & T. Sitari (2011). Coastal forest buffer zones and shoreline change in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Practical measures for climate adaptation? In Leal, W. (Ed) Experiences of Climate Adaptation in Africa, pp. 133-151, ISBN 978-3-642-22315-0.
Nalau, J., Handmer, J., & Dalesa, M. (2017). Role of Polycentric Adaptation Governance in securing adaptation progress: The case of Tropical Cyclone Pam. Paper presented at The Emerging Complexity of Climate Adaptation Governance in a Globalising World, Stockholm, Sweden, 22–24 May 2017.
Mustelin, J. & Handmer, J. (2013). Triggering transformation: Managing resilience or invoking real change? Transformation in a changing climate. University of Oslo, 18-21 June, 2013.
Handmer, J. & Mustelin, J. (2013). Is relocation transformation? Transformation in a changing climate. University of Oslo, 18-21 June, 2013.
Parsons, M. & Mustelin, J. (2013). Historical case studies from Oceania: how to account for the benefits and losses of transformation. Transformation in a changing climate, University of Oslo, 18-21 June, 2013.
Mustelin, J. (2011). Tackling Unknown Uncertainty through Adaptation: The Case of South East Queensland. Paper presented in Track 20 (Climate Change, Risk, Adaptation and Planning) at the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth (WA), 4-8.7.2011.
Burton, P. and Mustelin, J. (2011) Planning for Unavoidable Climate Change: is Public Participation the Key to Success? State of Australian Cities Conference, 29.11-1.12.2011, Melbourne, Australia.
Mustelin, J. (2013). Ideal Ideals or Pragmatic Reality? An Exploration of the Role of Adaptation ‘Theory’ in Policy and Practice. Doctoral dissertation, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University.
