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View article: Water, people and climate-change exposure in the Western Pacific: Anticipating the arrival of a ‘perfect storm’
Water, people and climate-change exposure in the Western Pacific: Anticipating the arrival of a ‘perfect storm’ Open
As climate change accelerates, there is a growing need to ensure that sustainable adaptive solutions are effective and equitable, especially in the Global South where many countries depend on external funding to attain water security. Perc…
View article: Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands
Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands Open
Pacific Islands, many relatively remote and small, have been occupied by people for more than 3000 years during which time they experienced climate‐driven environmental changes (both slow and rapid onset) that challenged human survival and…
View article: “Na neitou qele ga qo” (“This is our only land”): Adaptation to the effects of climate change in rural indigenous Fijians
“Na neitou qele ga qo” (“This is our only land”): Adaptation to the effects of climate change in rural indigenous Fijians Open
It has long been recognized that the Pacific Small Island Developing States are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, emphasizing the urgency with which adaptation planning and efforts need to be realized. History supports th…
View article: “Io, keimami leqataka vakalevu na vei gauna mai muri” (“We are worried about the future generation”): Experiences of eco-grief in rural indigenous Fijians
“Io, keimami leqataka vakalevu na vei gauna mai muri” (“We are worried about the future generation”): Experiences of eco-grief in rural indigenous Fijians Open
The impacts of climate change are particularly strong in Pacific Small Island Developing States. However, empirical data on mental health and well-being in the context of climate change and climate anxiety in the region remains limited. Th…
View article: ‘A once capacious haven’: What happened to Calicut (Malabar coast of India), 1335–1887
‘A once capacious haven’: What happened to Calicut (Malabar coast of India), 1335–1887 Open
From the fourteenth to the nineteenth century the port of Calicut on the Malabar (Kerala) coast of western India was well known to ocean-going traders and others.Two contrasting sets of descriptions of Calicut exist and it has been univers…
View article: Climate anxiety does not need a diagnosis of a mental health disorder
Climate anxiety does not need a diagnosis of a mental health disorder Open
In a recent Correspondence in The Lancet Planetary Health, Sampaio and Sequeria1 state that “climate anxiety is not yet considered a mental health disorder” and might be a risk factor for mental disorders, which is something that we contes…
View article: Identifying 3000-Year Old Human Interaction Spheres in Central Fiji through Lapita Ceramic Sand-Temper Analyses
Identifying 3000-Year Old Human Interaction Spheres in Central Fiji through Lapita Ceramic Sand-Temper Analyses Open
Petrographic analyses of sand tempers in Pacific Island potsherds reveal information about ancient human interactions within archipelagic contexts. By comparison with bedrock mineralogy, analyses of 45 sherds from the Lapita settlement at …
View article: Peripherality as key to understanding opportunities and needs for effective and sustainable climate-change adaptation: a case study from Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Peripherality as key to understanding opportunities and needs for effective and sustainable climate-change adaptation: a case study from Viti Levu Island, Fiji Open
A study of various defining aspects of 11 rural communities along the cross-island road on Viti Levu (Fiji) shows diversity attributable largely to their peripherality, proxied by distance along this 200-km long road. Strong relationships …
View article: Peripherality as key to understanding climate-associated risk and resilience for Pacific island communities
Peripherality as key to understanding climate-associated risk and resilience for Pacific island communities Open
To address the lack of effective sustained interventions for climate-change adaptation in Pacific Island communities, a study to capture individual community risk and resilience profiles using peripherality was undertaken. Based on questio…
View article: Measuring Peripherality as a Proxy for Autonomous Community Coping Capacity: A Case Study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands, for Improving Climate Change Adaptation
Measuring Peripherality as a Proxy for Autonomous Community Coping Capacity: A Case Study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands, for Improving Climate Change Adaptation Open
Over the past thirty years, externally-driven interventions for climate-change adaptation in rural Pacific Island contexts have largely failed to be effective or sustained. One reason is that traditional (culturally-grounded) autonomous co…
View article: Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Open
Purpose Climate change poses diverse, often fundamental, challenges to livelihoods of island peoples. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that these challenges must be better understood before effective and sustainable adaptation i…