Professor Karen McNamara
Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 54459
Chamberlain Building (35), Room 513
Researcher biography
Karen is a Professor in Development Geography in the School of the Environment. She is ultimately interested in how people experience and can improve their capacities to respond to the triple crises of poverty, disaster risk, and climate change. Over the last 20 years, Karen has been undertaking applied research in resilient livelihoods, non-economic loss and damage, community-based adaptation, human mobility, and gender, in close partnership with governments and NGOs throughout the Asia-Pacific region. For example, Karen has worked with farmers in Aceh as they rebuilt their livelihoods following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, with newly-settled migrants in Dhaka (Bangladesh) forced from their rural homelands due to flooding and erosion, with Elders in the Torres Strait recording their traditional environmental knowledge, and with several rural communities throughout the Pacific Islands region, documenting their everyday stories of climate impacts, adaptation, and loss and damage.
Karen has advised several governments and international organisations on adaptation, loss and damage, mobility, and gender. She is currently a member of the Expert Group on Non-Economic Losses for the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (United Nations Climate Change Secretariat). Karen's recent advances have included a world-first conceptualisation of loss and damage across the Pacific Islands (ARC Future Fellowship), an understanding of how climate change is violating people's human rights (Vanuatu Government), the identification of optimisation points to improve adaptation outcomes (ARC Linkage), and strategies for supporting women in disaster recovery (UN Women).
Karen has managed 27 research and capacity building grants as lead or named CI worth >$6.4 million for the ARC, Australian Government, DFAT, National Geographic, OECD, Scope Global, UNDP, and others. She has published over 120 papers and book chapters, and over 80 reports, online commentaries, and policy briefs. Karen has supervised 14 PhD students to completion (9 as Principal) who have gone onto exciting roles in universities, government, the UN, and consultancy firms. She is currently supervising five PhD students, and teaches core courses into the environmental management and planning programs.
Karen proudly comes from the small town of Quirindi, which is Kamilaroi Country, on the Liverpool Plains in NSW. Growing up in a small, close-knit country town sparked Karen's interest in social, development, and environmental issues in rural communities.
Publications
Book Chapters
Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E. and Obed, Viviane (2024). The realities of peripheral handicraft livelihoods in the face of disasters in Vanuatu. Tourism Case Studies Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 205-217) CABI International.
Prideaux, Bruce and McNamara, Karen (2024). Tuvalu Tourism. Encyclopedia of Tourism. (pp. 1-2) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_677-2
Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2023). Women's stories of loss and recovery from climatic events in the Pacific Islands. Bridging worlds - building feminist geographies: essays in honour of Janice Monk. (pp. 233-246) edited by Anindita Datta, Janet Momsen and Ann M. Oberhauser. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781032275611-25
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.
Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., Nunn, Patrick D., McNamara, Karen E. and Sekinini, Seci T. (2020). Dam(n) seawalls: a case of climate change maladaptation in Fiji. Managing Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Region. (pp. 69-84) edited by Walter Leal Filho. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40552-6_4
Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). iTaukei ways of knowing and managing mangroves for ecosystem-based adaptation. Managing climate change adaptation in the Pacific region. (pp. 105-127) edited by Walter Leal Filho. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40552-6_6
Nunn, Patrick D. and McNamara, Karen E. (2019). Failing adaptation in island contexts: the growing need for transformational change. Dealing with climate change on small islands: towards effective and sustainable adaptation. (pp. 19-44) edited by Carola Klöck and Michael Fink. Göttingen, Germany: Göttingen University Press. doi: 10.17875/gup2019-1210
Chandra, Alvin and McNamara, Karen E. (2018). Climate-smart agriculture in Southeast Asia: lessons from community-based adaptation programs in the Philippines and Timor-Leste. Resilience: the science of adaptation to climate change. (pp. 165-179) edited by Zinta Zommers and Keith Alverson. Kidlington, Oxford, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-811891-7.00013-x
Henly-Shepard, Sarah, McNamara, Karen E. and Bronen, Robin (2018). Stories of climate-induced mobility Responses, challenges and the need for an institutional framework to guide these transitions. The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. (pp. 197-209) edited by Shevellar, L and Westoby, P. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-13
McMichael, Celia, Farbotko, Carol and McNamara, Karen E. (2018). Climate-migration responses in the Pacific region. The Oxford handbook of migration crises. (pp. 1-21) edited by Cecilia Menjivar, Marie Ruiz and Immanuel Ness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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: Progress, Challenges, and Issues. (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
Pearson, Jasmine and McNamara, Karen E. (2016). The value of local environmental knowledge to monitor and manage changing coral reef systems in Kiribati. Environmental sustainability. (pp. 174-195) edited by R.A. Turvey, S. Kurissery and I.F. Pendea. Toronto, ON, Canada: John Wiley & Sons.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Westoby, Ross (2016). Intergenerational sharing of Indigenous environmental knowledge in the Torres Strait. Geographies of global issues: Change and threat. (pp. 463-482) edited by Nicola Ansell, Natasha Klocker and Tracy Skelton. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4585-54-5_6
Prasad, Shirleen, McNamara, Karen E. and Hemstock, Sarah (2014). Learning from the past to assist local climate change adaptation planning: case study from two communities in the Pacific. Pacific Voices: Local Governments and Climate Change. (pp. 155-163) edited by Ropate Qalo. Suva, Fiji: USP Press.
Prideaux, Bruce, McKercher, Bob and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2014). Modelling a tourism response to climate change using a four stage problem definition and response framework. Climate change and tourism in the Asia Pacific. (pp. 165-182) edited by Bruce Prideaux, Bob McKercher and Karen Elizabeth McNamara. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Westoby, Ross (2011). Coastal and marine ecotourism operations in Australia. Marine resources management. (pp. 267-278) edited by Warwick Gullet, Clive Scholfield and Joanna Vince. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Prideaux, Bruce, McNamara, Karen E and Blakeney, Kayla (2010). The need for rejuvenation of Norfolk Island’s shopping sector. Advances in Hospitality and Leisure. (pp. 83-98) edited by J.S. Chen. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1108/S1745-3542(2010)0000006009
Journal Articles
Kilroy, Jessica, McNamara, Karen E., Witt, Bradd and Raynes, Savianah (2025). ‘I Don't Know Anything Else Besides Gardening’: Exploring Sensitivities to Climate Change in Vanuatu. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. doi: 10.1111/apv.12450
Yee, Merewalesi, Piggott-McKellar, Annah, McMichael, Celia and McNamara, Karen E (2025). Framing locally led adaptation in a planned relocation in Fiji. Geoforum, 159 104196, 104196-159. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104196
Yee, Merewalesi, McMichael, Celia, McNamara, Karen E. and Piggott‐McKellar, Annah (2024). Partial planned relocation and livelihoods: Learnings from Narikoso, Fiji. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 65 (3), 290-307. doi: 10.1111/apv.12409
Nand, Moleen Monita, Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E. and Yee, Merewalesi (2024). Guiding our responses to climate change by what people value: Insights from Fiji. Geoforum, 155 104080, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104080
Dev, Debashish Sarker, van de Fliert, Elske and McNamara, Karen (2024). Who plans for women? Representation of power in planning for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 65 (3), 365-379. doi: 10.1111/apv.12422
McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, Yee, Merewalesi, Mariri, Taputu, Wichman, Vaine, Obed, Viviane L., Meto, Precilla, Raynes, Elizabeth and Nand, Moleen M. (2024). Values must be at the heart of responding to loss and damage. Frontiers in Climate, 6 1339915, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2024.1339915
Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E. and Obed, Viviane (2024). The Realities of Peripheral Handicraft Livelihoods in the Face of Disasters in Vanuatu. Tourism Cases, 2024, 1-13. doi: 10.1079/tourism.2024.0005
Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Chandra, Alvin and McNamara, Karen E. (2023). Correction to: Stories of loss and healing: connecting non-economic loss and damage, gender-based violence and wellbeing erosion in the Asia–Pacific region. Climatic Change, 177 (1) 2, 1-2. doi: 10.1007/s10584-023-03665-3
van Schie, Douwe, McNamara, Karen E., Yee, Merewalesi, Mirza, Afsara Binte, Westoby, Ross, Nand, Moleen Monita, Ranon, Rawnak Jahan Khan, Clissold, Rachel, Anderson, Simon and Huq, Saleemul (2023). Valuing a values-based approach for assessing loss and damage. Climate and Development, 16 (8), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2023.2289533
Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Chandra, Alvin and McNamara, Karen E. (2023). Stories of loss and healing: connecting non-economic loss and damage, gender-based violence and wellbeing erosion in the Asia–Pacific region. Climatic Change, 176 (11) 157, 1-34. doi: 10.1007/s10584-023-03624-y
McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, Stephens, Stephanie, Koran, George, Missack, Willy and Bartlett, Christopher Y. (2023). Using a human rights lens to understand and address loss and damage. Nature Climate Change, 13 (12), 1334-1339. doi: 10.1038/s41558-023-01831-0
Yee, Merewalesi, McNamara, Karen E., Piggott-McKellar, Annah E. and McMichael, Celia (2023). Corrigendum: The role of Vanua in climate-related voluntary immobility in Fiji. Frontiers in Climate, 5 1230600. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1230600
Rahman, M. Feisal, Falzon, Danielle, Robinson, Stacy-ann, Kuhl, Laura, Westoby, Ross, Omukuti, Jessica, Schipper, E. Lisa F., McNamara, Karen E., Resurrección, Bernadette P., Mfitumukiza, David and Nadiruzzaman, Md. (2023). Locally led adaptation: promise, pitfalls, and possibilities. Ambio, 52 (10), 1543-1557. doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01884-7
Clissold, Rachel, Furlong, Ellie, McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Latai-Niusulu, Anita (2023). How Pacifika arts reveal interconnected losses for people and place in a changing climate. Land, 12 (4) 925, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/land12040925
Chandra, Alvin, McNamara, Karen E., Clissold, Rachel, Tabe, Tammy and Westoby, Ross (2023). Climate-induced non-economic loss and damage: understanding policy responses, challenges, and future directions in Pacific Small Island Developing States. Climate, 11 (3) 74, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/cli11030074
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Wichman, Vaine (2023). Experiencing and responding to extreme weather: lessons from the Cook Islands. Local Environment, 28 (5), 645-661. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2023.2169912
Yee, Merewalesi, McNamara, Karen E., Piggott-McKellar, Annah E. and McMichael, Celia (2022). The role of Vanua in climate-related voluntary immobility in Fiji. Frontiers in Climate, 4 1034765, 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2022.1034765
Martin, Maria A., Boakye, Emmanuel A., Boyd, Emily, Broadgate, Wendy, Bustamante, Mercedes, Canadell, Josep G., Carr, Edward R., Chu, Eric K., Cleugh, Helen, Csevar, Szilvia, Daoudy, Marwa, De Bremond, Ariane, Dhimal, Meghnath, Ebi, Kristie L., Edwards, Clea, Fuss, Sabine, Girardin, Martin P., Glavovic, Bruce, Hebden, Sophie, Hirota, Marina, Hsu, Huang-Hsiung, Huq, Saleemul, Ingold, Karin, Johannessen, Ola M., Kameyama, Yasuko, Kumarasinghe, Nilushi, Langendijk, Gaby S., Lissner, TabeaKatharina, Lwasa, Shuaib ... Zhao, Zhirong Jerry (2022). Ten new insights in climate science 2022. Global Sustainability, 5 e20, 1-20. doi: 10.1017/sus.2022.17
Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E. and Fleming, Christopher (2022). Wellbeing outcomes of nature tourism: Mt Barney Lodge. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 3 (2) 100077, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100077
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2022). Hopeful tourism to grapple and engage with emotions in the Anthropocene. Geographical Research, 60 (4), 651-656. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12554
Westoby, Ross, Clissold, Rachel and McNamara, Karen E. (2022). Turning to nature to process the emotional toll of nature’s nestruction. Sustainability, 14 (13) 7948, 1-8. doi: 10.3390/su14137948
Cornish, Gillian E., Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E., Alofa, Pelenise and McMichael, Celia (2022). Experiences of i-Kiribati with labor mobility schemes. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 31 (2), 162-175. doi: 10.1177/01171968221107942
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E. and Westoby, Ross (2022). Emotions of the Anthropocene across Oceania. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (11) 6757, 1-6. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116757
Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E. and McMichael, Celia (2022). International student mobility: Pacific Islander experiences of higher education in Australia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 63 (2), 194-206. doi: 10.1111/apv.12342
Yee, Merewalesi, Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McMichael, Celia and McNamara, Karen E. (2022). Climate change, voluntary immobility, and place-belongingness: insights from Togoru, Fiji. Climate, 10 (3) 46, 46. doi: 10.3390/cli10030046
McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Clissold, Rachel (2022). Lessons for adaptation pathways in the Pacific Islands. PLOS Climate, 1 (2) e0000011, e0000011-2. 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, 30 (4/5), 432-446. doi: 10.1108/dpm-02-2021-0027
Pearson, J., Jackson, G. and McNamara, K. E. (2021). climate-driven losses to Indigenous and local knowledge and cultural heritage (Apr, 10.1177/20530196211005482, 2021). Anthropocene Review, 11 (2) 20530196211027260, 488-488. doi: 10.1177/20530196211027260
McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Chandra, Alvin (2021). Exploring climate-driven non-economic loss and damage in the Pacific Islands. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 50, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.07.004
McMichael, Celia, Kothari, Uma, McNamara, Karen E. and Arnall, Alex (2021). Spatial and temporal ways of knowing sea level rise: Bringing together multiple perspectives. WIREs Climate Change, 12 (3) e703. doi: 10.1002/wcc.703
Pearson, Jasmine, Jackson, Guy and McNamara, Karen E. (2021). Climate-driven losses to Indigenous and local knowledge and cultural heritage. Anthropocene Review, 10 (2), 1-24. doi: 10.1177/20530196211005482
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
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 (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
Dun, Olivia, McMichael, Celia, McNamara, Karen and Farbotko, Carol (2020). Investing in home: development outcomes and climate change adaptation for seasonal workers living between Solomon Islands and Australia. Migration and Development, 11 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/21632324.2020.1837535
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
Farbotko, Carol, Dun, Olivia, Thornton, Fanny, McNamara, Karen E. and McMichael, Celia (2020). Relocation planning must address voluntary immobility. Nature Climate Change, 10 (8), 702-704. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0829-6
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
Azfa, Aishath, Jackson, Guy, Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E., McMichael, Celia and Farbotko, Carol (2020). ‘We didn’t want to leave our island’: stories of involuntary resettlement from Gaadhoo Island, Maldives. Territory, Politics, Governance, 10 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/21622671.2020.1768139
Thornton, Fanny, McNamara, Karen, Dun, Olivia, Farbotko, Carol, McMichael, Celia, Yee, Merewalesi , Coelho, Sabira, Westbury, Tim, James, Sharon and Namoumou, Frances (2020). Multiple mobilities in Pacific Islands communities. Forced Migration Review, 64, 30-33.
Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). Who defines “good” climate change adaptation and why it matters: a case study from Abaiang Island, Kiribati. Regional Environmental Change, 20 (2) 43, 43. doi: 10.1007/s10113-020-01614-9
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
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
Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). A livelihood analysis of resettlement outcomes: lessons for climate-induced relocations. Ambio, 49 (9), 1474-1489. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01289-5
Westoby, Ross, McNamara, Karen E., Kumar, Roselyn and Nunn, Patrick D. (2020). From community-based to locally led adaptation: evidence from Vanuatu. Ambio, 49 (9), 1466-1473. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01294-8
Jackson, Guy, McNamara, Karen E. and Witt, Bradd (2020). “System of hunger”: understanding causal disaster vulnerability of indigenous food systems. Journal of Rural Studies, 73, 163-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.042
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
Pearson, Jasmine, McNamara, Karen E. and Nunn, Patrick D. (2019). Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands. Ecosystem Services, 38 100970, 100970. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970
Westoby, Ross and McNamara, Karen E. (2019). Fear, grief, hope and action. Nature Climate Change, 9 (7), 500-501. doi: 10.1038/s41558-019-0511-z
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
Piggott-McKellar, Annah, McNamara, Karen, Nunn, Patrick and Sekinini, Seci (2019). Moving people in a changing climate: lessons from two case studies in Fiji. Social Sciences, 8 (5) 133, 133. doi: 10.3390/socsci8050133
Suliman, Samid, Farbotko, Carol, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, Elizabeth McNamara, Karen, Thornton, Fanny, McMichael, Celia and Kitara, Taukiei (2019). Indigenous (im)mobilities in the Anthropocene. Mobilities, 14 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1601828
McNamara, Karen E. and Jackson, Guy (2019). Loss and damage: a review of the literature and directions for future research. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10 (2) e564, e564. doi: 10.1002/wcc.564
Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E., Nunn, Patrick D. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature. Local Environment, 24 (4), 374-390. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688
Thornton, Fanny, McNamara, Karen E., Farbotko, Carol, Dun, Olivia, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, Chevalier, Emilie and Lkhagvasuren, Purevdulam (2018). Human mobility and environmental change: a survey of perceptions and policy direction. Population and Environment, 40 (3), 239-256. doi: 10.1007/s11111-018-0309-3
McNamara, Karen E., Bronen, Robin, Fernando, Nishara and Klepp, Silja (2018). The complex decision-making of climate-induced relocation: adaptation and loss and damage. Climate Policy, 18 (1), 111-117. doi: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1248886
Chandra, Alvin, McNamara, Karen and Dargusch, Paul (2018). Climate-smart agriculture: perspectives and framings. Climate Policy, 18 (4), 526-541. doi: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1316968
Watt, S., McNamara, K. E. and Nesbitt, H. (2018). Providing useful climate information to subsistence farmers: The case of Timor-Leste. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 16 (1), 64-72. doi: 10.1234/4.2018.5484
Farbotko, Carol, McMichael, Celia, Dun, Olivia, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, McNamara, Karen E. and Thornton, Fanny (2018). Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 5 (3), 393-407. doi: 10.1002/app5.254
Jackson, Guy, McNamara, Karen and Witt, Bradd (2017). A framework for disaster vulnerability in a small island in the Southwest Pacific: a case study of Emae Island, Vanuatu. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 8 (4), 358-373. doi: 10.1007/s13753-017-0145-6
Chandra, Alvin, Dargusch, Paul, McNamara, Karen E., Caspe, Ana Maria and Dalabajan, Dante (2017). A study of climate-smart farming practices and climate resiliency field schools in Mindanao the Philippines. World Development, 98, 214-230. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.028
McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Smithers, Scott G. (2017). Identification of limits and barriers to climate change adaptation: case study of two islands in Torres Strait, Australia. Geographical Research, 55 (4), 438-455. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12242
Allgood, Lacey and McNamara, Karen E. (2017). Climate-induced migration: Exploring local perspectives in Kiribati. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 38 (3), 370-385. doi: 10.1111/sjtg.12202
Chandra, Alvin, McNamara, Karen E., Dargusch, Paul, Caspe, Ana Maria and Dalabajan, Dante (2017). Gendered vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers to climate change in conflict-prone areas: a case study from Mindanao, Philippines. Journal of Rural Studies, 50, 45-59. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.12.011
Piggott-McKellar, Annah E. and McNamara, Karen E. (2017). Last chance tourism and the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25 (3), 397-415. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1213849
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Buggy, Lisa (2017). Community-based climate change adaptation: a review of academic literature. Local Environment, 22 (4), 443-460. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1216954
McNamara, Karen E. and Farbotko, Carol (2017). Resisting a ‘doomed’ fate: an analysis of the Pacific climate warriors. Australian Geographer, 48 (1), 17-26. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2016.1266631
Chandra, Alvin, McNamara, Karen and Dargusch, Paul (2017). The relevance of political ecology perspectives for smallholder Climate-Smart Agriculture: a review. Journal of Political Ecology, 24, 821-942.
Chandra, Alvin, Dargusch, Paul and McNamara, Karen E. (2016). How might adaptation to climate change by smallholder farming communities contribute to climate change mitigation outcomes? A case study from Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia. Sustainability Science, 11 (3), 477-492. doi: 10.1007/s11625-016-0361-9
Belmar, Yasa N., McNamara, Karen E. and Morrison, Tiffany H. (2016). Water security in small island developing states: The limited utility of evolving governance paradigms. WIREs Water, 3 (2), 181-193. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1129
Buggy, Lisa and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2016). The need to reinterpret “community” for climate change adaptation: a case study of Pele Island, Vanuatu. Climate and Development, 8 (3), 270-280. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2015.1041445
McNamara, Karen E., Olson, Laura L. and Rahman, Md. Ashiqu (2016). Insecure hope: the challenges faced by urban slum dwellers in Bhola Slum, Bangladesh. Migration and Development, 5 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/21632324.2015.1082231
Chandra, Alvin, McNamara, Karen E., Dargusch, Paul, Damen, Beau, Rioux, Janie, Dallinger, Jonas and Bacudo, Imelda (2016). Resolving the UNFCCC divide on climate-smart agriculture. Carbon Management, 7 (5), 295-299. doi: 10.1080/17583004.2016.1235420
McNamara, Karen E., Lisimoni-Togahai, Birtha and Smith, Roy (2015). ‘Our kids don’t want to eat taro anymore’: unravelling the challenges of contemporary sociocultural change in Niue. Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies, 3 (2), 167-182. doi: 10.1386/nzps.3.2.167_1
Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, Farbotko, Carol, McNamara, Karen E., Thornton, Fanny and Chevalier, Emilie (2015). Being(s) framed: the means and ends of framing environmental migrants. Global Environmental Change, 35, 106-115. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.013
McNamara, Karen E. and Des Combes, Helene Jacot (2015). Planning for community relocations due to climate change in Fiji. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 6 (3), 315-319. doi: 10.1007/s13753-015-0065-2
McNamara, Karen E. (2015). Cross-border migration with dignity in Kiribati. Forced Migration Review, 49, 62-62.
Tanner, Thomas, Lewis, David, Wrathall, David, Bronen, Robin, Cradock-Henry, Nick, Huq, Saleemul, Lawless, Chris, Nawrotzki, Raphael, Prasad, Vivek, Rahman, Md. Ashiqur, Alaniz, Ryan, King, Katherine, McNamara, Karen, Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly-Shepard,Sarah and Thomalla, Frank (2015). Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1 (5), 23-26. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2431
McNamara, K. E and Limalevu, L. E. (2015). Holistic, participatory and strategic: A vulnerability and adaptation assessment for Pacific communities faced with climate change. Journal of Pacific Studies, 35 (3), 28-39.
Oli, K. and McNamara, K.E. (2015). Dengue and climate change: exploring the relationships and risks in Fiji. Fiji Journal of Public Health, 4 (1), 1-7.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2014). Exploring loss and damage at the international climate change talks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 5 (3), 242-246. doi: 10.1007/s13753-014-0023-4
Smith, Roy and McNamara, Karen E. (2014). Future migrations from Tuvalu and Kiribati: exploring government, civil society and donor perceptions. Climate and Development, 7 (1), 47-59. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2014.900603
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prasad, Shirleen S. (2014). Coping with extreme weather: communities in Fiji and Vanuatu share their experiences and knowledge. Climatic Change, 123 (2), 121-132. doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-1047-2
McNamara, Karen E. and Westoby, Ross (2014). Ironies of globalisation: observations from Fiji and Kiribati. The Journal of Pacific Studies, 34 (2), 53-62.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). Taking stock of community-based climate-change adaptation projects in the Pacific. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 54 (3), 398-405. doi: 10.1111/apv.12033
Westoby, Ross and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). The challenges of doing development research consulting in the Pacific: from pre-departure to fieldwork and back in the office. Development (Basingstoke), 56 (3), 363-369. doi: 10.1057/dev.2014.2
McNamara, Karen E. (2013). A state of emergency: how local businesses experienced the 2012 flood in Fiji. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 28 (3), 17-23.
Prideaux, Bruce, McKercher, Bob and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). Climate change and tourism editorial. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 18 (1-2), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/10941665.2012.688508
Prideaux, Bruce, McKercher, Bob and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). Modelling a tourism response to climate change using a four stage problem definition and response framework. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 18 (1-2), 165-182. doi: 10.1080/10941665.2012.688516
Prideaux, Bruce and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). Turning a global crisis into a tourism opportunity: the perspective from Tuvalu. International Journal of Tourism Research, 15 (6), 583-594. doi: 10.1002/jtr.1883
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013). Raising awareness about climate change in Pacific communities. Environmental Education Research, 19 (6), 864-871. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2013.769046
Prideaux, Bruce, McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Sakata, Hana (2012). Viable yet protected for future generations? An examination of the extensive forest-based tourism market. Turismo em Análise, 23 (3), 575-599.
Prideaux, Bruce, McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Thompson, Michelle (2012). The irony of tourism: visitor reflections of their impacts on Australia’s World Heritage rainforest. Journal of Ecotourism, 11 (2), 102-117. doi: 10.1080/14724049.2012.683006
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Gibson, Chris (2012). Mobilité humaine et changement environnemental: une analyse historique et textuelle de la politique des Nations Unies. Cultures et Conflits, 88, 43-60.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Westoby, Ross (2011). Local knowledge and climate change adaptation on Erub Island, Torres Strait. Local Environment, 16 (9), 887-901. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2011.615304
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prideaux, Bruce (2011). Planning nature-based hiking trails in a tropical rainforest setting. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 16 (3), 289-305. doi: 10.1080/10941665.2011.572665
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Westoby, Ross (2011). Solastalgia and the gendered nature of climate change: An example from Erub Island, Torres Strait. EcoHealth, 8 (2), 233-236. doi: 10.1007/s10393-011-0698-6
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and McNamara, John Patrick (2011). Using participatory action research to share knowledge of the local environment and climate change: case study of Erub Island, Torres Strait. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 40 (1), 30-39. doi: 10.1375/ajie.40.30
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prideaux, Bruce (2011). Experiencing 'natural' heritage. Current Issues in Tourism, 14 (1), 47-55. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2010.492852
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prideaux, Bruce (2010). A typology of solo independent women travellers. International Journal of Tourism Research, 12 (3), 253-264. doi: 10.1002/jtr.751
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prideaux, Bruce (2010). Reading, learning and enacting: interpretation at visitor sites in the wet tropics rainforest of Australia. Environmental Education Research, 16 (2), 173-188. doi: 10.1080/13504620903486412
Prideaux, B., Coghlan, A. and McNamara, K. E. (2010). Assessing tourists’ perceptions of climate change on mountain landscapes. Tourism Recreation Research, 35 (2), 187-199. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2010.11081633
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Gibson, Chris (2009). 'We do not want to leave our land': Pacific ambassadors at the United Nations resist the category of 'climate refugees'. Geoforum, 40 (3), 475-483. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.006
McNamara, Karen E. (2009). Voices from the margins: Pacific ambassadors and the geopolitics of marginality at the United Nations. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 50 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01376.x
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2008). Pragmatic discourses and alternative resistance: responses to climate change in the Pacific. Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 6 (2), 33-54.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Gibson, Chris (2008). Environmental Sustainability in practice? A macro-scale profile of tourist accommodation facilities in Australia's coastal zone. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 16 (1), 85-100. doi: 10.2167/jost621.0
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2007). Conceptualizing discourses on environmental refugees at the United Nations. Population and Environment, 29 (1), 12-24. doi: 10.1007/s11111-007-0058-1
Generic Document
McNamara, Karen, Farbotko, Carol, Thornton, Fanny, Dun, Olivia, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, Chevalier, Emilie and Lkhagvasuren, Purevdulam (2017). Environment and Migration Experts: Who are they, and what are their views?. International Organization for Migration.
Newspaper Articles
Clissold, Rachel, McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross and Chandra, Alvin (2021, 09 23). Non-economic loss and damage: insights from the Pacific Islands Climate Analytics
Clissold, Rachel, Westoby, Ross and McNamara, Karen E. (2021, 04 22). How to heal in the Anthropocene BBC Future
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
McNamara, Karen, Dunn, Olivia, Farbotko, Carol, McMichael, Celia and Thornton, Fanny (2020, 06 26). Scholarship students and COVID-19 Devpolicy Blog
McNamara, Karen and Westoby, Ross (2020, 06 04). Courage and justice: key ingredients for responding to climate change 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
Dunn, Olivia , McNamara, Karen, Farbotko, Carol, McMichael, Celia and Thornton, Fanny (2020, 05 29). Immobilised Solomon Islands seasonal workers Devpolicy Blog
McNamara, K. E. and Jackson, G. (2018, 12 25). Loss and damage from climate change Advanced Science News
Farbotko, Carol, McMichael, Celia, Dun, Olivia, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, McNamara, Karen E. and Thornton, Fanny (2018, 09 14). A world on the move APPS Policy Forum
Adams, Helen and McNamara, Karen E. (2018, 03 17). Climate change mitigation and adaptation of the poor: A call for decolonial responses to climate change Uneven Earth
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
McNamara, Karen and Watson, James (2017, 12 07). Climate change in the Pacific: are community-based adaptation efforts working? IAPS Dialogue: The online magazine of the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham, UK
Chandra, Alvin and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2017, 07 25). In Philippines, climate change and conflict both conspire against rural women The Conversation
Piggott-McKellar, Annah and McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2016, 08 15). Survey: two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef tourists want to ‘see it before it’s gone’ The Conversation
McNamara, K. E. and Olson, L. L. (2015, 11 30). Risk begets more risk: how rural-urban migration can bring an insecure hope United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
McNamara, Karen E., Henly-Shepard, Sarah, De Souza, Roger-Mark and Fernando, Nishara (2014, 09 02). Re-framing islands as champions of resilience outreach
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013, 11 25). Walkouts, roadblocks and compromise: Warsaw’s legacy The Conversation
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013, 11 13). Warsaw talks: Climate action is failing The Conversation
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013, 10 16). Human rights and climate change: a fresh perspective The Conversation
Smith, Roy and McNamara, Karen E. (2013, 07 08). Government discourses of climate change migration in Tuvalu and Kiribati Asia-Pacific Migration and Environment Network
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Prasad, Shirleen Shomila (2013, 07 01). Valuing Indigenous Knowledge for climate change adaptation planning in Fiji and Vanuatu Traditional Knowledge Bulletin
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2013, 04 15). One more chance at getting it right? The UN sustainable development goals The Conversation
McNamara, K. E. (2010, 01 01). How local knowledge is facilitating climate change adaptation in the Torres Strait Greencross Australia
McNamara, K. E. (2010, 01 01). Remembering rights to land and culture in discussion of ‘climate refugees Greencross Australia
Research Reports
Thornton, Fanny, James, Sharon, Dun, Olivia, Farbotko, Carol, McNamara, Karon E., McMichael, Celia, Coelho, Sabira, Kim, Rosa Minju, Ngo, Ly and Westbury, Tim (2021). Policy developments and options to address human mobility in the context of climate risk in the Pacific Islands region . Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security: Policy Brief Series Suva, Fiji: International Organization for Migration.
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.
Jackson, Guy, McNamara, Karen E. and Witt, Bradd (2019). Conducive and hindering factors for effective disaster risk reduction in Emae Island, Vanuatu. Geneva: UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
McNamara, Karen, Farbotko, Carol, Thornton, Fanny, Dun, Olivia, Ransan-Cooper, Hedda, Chevalier, Emilie and Lkhagvasuren, Purevdulam (2017). Environment and migration experts: who are they, and what are their views?. Policy Brief Series Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration.
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.
Koshiba, Shirley, McNamara, Karen E., Gouezo, Marine, Otto, Evelyn and Jonathan, Randa (2016). Socio-economic Baseline Study of Kayangel State. PICRC Technical Report 16-11. PICRC Technical Report Koror, Palau: Palau International Coral Reef Center.
Koshiba, Shirley, McNamara, Karen E., Gouezo, Marine, Otto, Evelyn and Jonathan, Randa (2016). Socio-economic Baseline Study of Ngchesar State. PICRC Technical Report 16-10. PICRC Technical Report Koror, Palau: Palau International Coral Reef Center.
Koshiba, Shirley, McNamara, Karen E., Gouezo, Marine, Otto, Evelyn, Jonathan, Randa and Kloulechad, Vallin (2016). Socio-economic Baseline Study of Peleliu State. PICRC Technical Report 16-08. PICRC Technical Report Koror, Palau: Palau International Coral Reef Center.
Koshiba, Shirley, McNamara, Karen E., Gouezo, Marine, Otto, Evelyn and Jonathan, Randa (2016). Socio-economic Baseline Study of Ngiwal State. PICRC Technical Report 16-09. PICRC Technical Report Koror, Palau: Palau International Coral Reef Center.
Koshiba, Shirley, McNamara, Karen E., Gouezo, Marine, Otto, Evelyn and Jonathan, Randa (2016). Socio-economic Baseline Study of Ngaraard State. PICRC Technical Report 16-07. PICRC Technical Report Koror, Palau: Palau International Coral Reef Center.
McNamara, K. E. and Buggy, L. (2016). Inception Report: Measuring the progress of the LECReD programme to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Brisbane QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
McNamara, K. E. and Buggy, L. (2016). Vulnerability Reduction Assessment Methodology: Measuring the progress of the LECReD programme to reduce vulnerability to climate change 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.
Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonya, Tanner, Thomas, van de Geest, Kees, Warner, Koko, Adams, Helen, Ahmedi, Istiakh, Alaniz, Ryan, Andrei, Stephanie, Barthelt, Christian, Bhargava, Malashree, Bronen, Robin, Contreras, Diana M., Cradock-Henry, Nicholas, Fernando, Nishara, Henly-Shepard, Sarah, Huq, Saleemul, Lawless, Christopher, Lewis, David, Loster, Thomas, McNamara, Karen, Milan, Andrea, Mitchell, Tom, Nawrotzki, Raphael, Olson, Laura, Prasad, Vivek, Rahman, Ashiqur, Rhyner, Jakob, Rivera Sosa, Andrea, Sietzm Diana ... Zommers, Zinta (2015). Livelihood resilience in a changing world: 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future. UNU-EHS Working paper Bonn, Germany: United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security.
Adams, H. and McNamara, K. E. (2015). Climate change responses: mitigation and adaptation for whom?. Online: WordPress.
Adams, Helen, Alaniz, Ryan, Bronen, Robin and McNamara, Karen (2015). Maintaining and building ‘place’ through managed and forced community relocations: Lessons for a climate changed world. UNU-EHS Working Paper No. 16 Bonn, Germany.: United Nations University,.
De Souza, Roger-Mark, Henly-Shepard, Sarah, McNamara, Karen and Fernando, Nishara (2015). Re-framing island nations as champions of resilience in the face of climate change and disaster risk. UNU-EHS Working Paper No. 17. Bonn, Germany: United Nations University.
Huq, S., Warner, K., Bronen, R., Alaniz, R., Henly-Shepard, S., Wrathall, D., McNamara, K., Loster, T., Barthelt, C., Adams, H., Tellman, E., Craddock-Henry, N., Andrei, S., Bhargava, M., Rivera Sosa, A., Rahman, A., Nawrotzki, R., Sietz, D., Olson, L., Lawless, C., Prasad, V., Thomalla, F., De Souza, R-M., van der Geest, K., Lewis, D. and Ayeb-Karlsson S (2014). Declaration for livelihood resilience, UN Climate Change Summit. Dhaka, Bangladesh: International Centre for Climate Change and Development.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Lisimoni-Togahai, Birtha (2012). 'Our kids don't want to eat taro anymore': exploring cultural shift challenges for Niue in a climate changed and globalised world. PACE-SD Occasional Paper No. 2012/1 Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
McNamara, Karen E., Vave, Fane, Westoby, Ross and Prasad, Shirleen (2012). Developing a 'Millennium Village' in the Pacific: feasibility, interventions and challenges. Final report to the United Nations Development Programme. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
Limalevu, L and McNamara, K. E. (2012). PACE-SD guidebook: participatory vulnerability and adaptation assessment. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
McNamara, Karen E., Hemstock, Sarah L. and Holland, Elisabeth A. (2012). Practices of climate change adaptation in the Pacific: survey of implementing agencies (Phase II). Final report to the European Union: Global Climate Change Alliance. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth (2011). Exploring adaptive capacity to climate change: the development of a household survey. PACE-SD Occasional Paper No. 2011/1 Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
McNamara, Karen Elizabeth and Limalevu, Leone (2011). Contextualising livelihoods in a vulnerability and adaptation assessment: case study of Soso village, Fiji. PACE-SD Occasional Paper No. 2011/2 Suva, Fiji: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific.
McNamara, K. E., Smithers, S. G., Westoby, R. and Parnell, K. (2011). Limits to adaptation: limits to climate change adaptation for two low-lying communities in the Torres Strait. NCCARF Publication 07/12 Southport, QLD, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF).
McNamara, Karen, Westoby, Ross and Parnell, Kevin (2010). Elders' and Aunties' experiences of climate on Erub Island, Torres Strait. Final project report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen, Sibtain, Jonathan and Parnell, Kevin (2010). Documenting and sharing the seasonal calendar for Erub Island, Torres Strait. Final project report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen, Westoby, Ross and Parnell, Kevin (2010). Resilience in knowledge: unpacking adaptation strategies on Erub Island, Torres Strait. Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
Duce, Stephanie J., Parnell, Kevin E., Smithers, Scott G. and McNamara, Karen E. (2010). A synthesis of climate change and coastal science to support adaptation in the communities of the Torres Strait. MTSRF Research Report Series. Report 48 Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen E. and Parnell, Kevin E. (2010). Constructing the Torres Strait: report on policy, media and public opinion. MTSRF Final Project Reports Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, K. E. (2010). Climate change and environmental degradation: impact on migration. Paris, France: UNESCO.
McNamara, Karen and Morseau, Fiona (2010). Assessing environmental research needs across three communities in the Torres Strait: synthesis report. Transition project final report. Transition Project 40: Assessing environmental research needs across the Torres Strait Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
Prideaux, Bruce, Sibtain, Jonathan and McNamara, Karen (2009). Douglas community consultation: issues of concern 2009. Cairns, QLD, Australia: Cairns Regional Council.
Prideaux, Bruce, McNamara, Karen and Blakeney, Kayla (2009). Shopping on Norfolk Island: 2008 survey. Norfolk Island, Australia: Norfolk Island Tourism.
McNamara, Karen and Prideaux, Bruce (2009). Tourist Exit Survey second annual report: January-December 2008. Annual and quarterly patterns of reef and rainforest tourism in North Queensland from exit surveys conducted at Cairns Domestic Airport. MTSRF Research Report Series. Report 35 Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen and Prideaux, Bruce (2009). Rainforest Tourism second annual report: January-December 2008. Annual and quarterly patterns of rainforest tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland. MTSRF Research Report Series. Report 34 Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen and Prideaux, Bruce (2008). Rainforest Tourism first annual report: January-December 2007. Annual and quarterly patterns of rainforest tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland. MTSRF Research Report Series. Report 16 Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).
McNamara, Karen and Prideaux, Bruce (2008). Tourist Exit Survey first annual report: January-December 2007. Annual and quarterly patterns of reef and rainforest tourism in North Queensland from exit surveys conducted at Cairns Domestic Airport. MTSRF Research Report Series. Report 17 Cairns, QLD, Australia: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF).