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Patrick D. Nunn is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research expertise lies primarily within the Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Atmospheric Science, Geography, Planning and Development, and Ecology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to Climate Change, Adaptation, and Migration, as well as Island Studies and Pacific Affairs. Additional specialized areas include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, climate change impacts on agriculture, and Disaster Management and Resilience.

Key venues where their research has been published include:

  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Global Environmental Psychology
  • Geoheritage

A selection of recent papers features:

  • "An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa" (2021), appearing in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Risks to future atoll habitability from climate-driven environmental changes" (2021), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Seawalls as maladaptations along island coasts" (2021), found in Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Coronavirus: COVID-19 Transmission in Pacific Small Island Developing States" (2020), featured in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent collaborators in their research include Roselyn Kumar, Johannes M. Luetz, Virginie Duvat, Carola Klöck, and Daniela Medina Hidalgo.

In addition to articles, Patrick D. Nunn has contributed to book publications, having one title published by Springer Nature titled Beyond Belief (2021).

Best Publications

  • Sea-Level Rise by 2100

    John A. Church;Peter U. Clark;Anny Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Sea Level Change

    J. A. Church;P. U. Clark;A. Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy Implementation Failure?

    Michael Howes;Liana Wortley;Ruth Potts;Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes

  • Responding to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands: management and technological imperatives

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands

    Karen E. McNamara;Rachel Clissold;Ross Westoby;Annah E. Piggott-McKellar

  • Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago

    Patrick D. Nunn;Nicholas J. Reid

  • Audience segmentation and climate change communication: Conceptual and methodological considerations

    Donald William Hine;Joseph P Reser;Mark Morrison;Wendy J Phillips

  • Misperceptions of climate-change risk as barriers to climate-change adaptation: a case study from the Rewa Delta, Fiji

    Shalini Lata;Patrick D. Nunn

  • Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa.

    Walter Leal Filho;Edmond Totin;James A Franke;Samora Macrice Andrew

  • Beyond the core: community governance for climate-change adaptation in peripheral parts of Pacific Island Countries

    Patrick D. Nunn;William Aalbersberg;Shalini Lata;Marion Gwilliam

  • The end of the Pacific? Effects of sea level rise on Pacific Island livelihoods

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji

    Shaiza Z. Janif;Patrick D. Nunn;Paul Geraghty;William G.L. Aalbersberg

  • Times of Plenty, Times of Less: Last-Millennium Societal Disruption in the Pacific Basin

    Patrick Nunn;Rosalind Hunter-Anderson;Michael T Carson;Frank Thomas

  • What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature

    Annah E. Piggott-McKellar;Karen E. McNamara;Patrick D. Nunn;James E. M. Watson

  • Preaching to different choirs: How to motivate dismissive, uncommitted, and alarmed audiences to adapt to climate change?

    Donald W. Hine;Wendy J. Phillips;Ray Cooksey;Joseph P. Reser

  • Environmental catastrophe in the Pacific Islands around A.D. 1300

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Literature Review of Academic Research:

    Carola Klöck;Patrick D. Nunn

  • Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Baie Martelli, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

    Rory Anthony Walshe;Patrick Nunn

  • Spirituality and attitudes towards Nature in the Pacific Islands: insights for enabling climate-change adaptation

    Patrick D. Nunn;Kate Mulgrew;Bridie Scott-Parker;Donald W. Hine

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Hine
Donald W. Hine University of New England
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Anders Levermann
Anders Levermann Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Mark A. Merrifield
Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson University of Arizona
Detlef Stammer
Detlef Stammer Universität Hamburg
Svetlana Jevrejeva
Svetlana Jevrejeva National Oceanography Centre

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