Rate My Professor Elissa Waters

Her research examines the social and political dimensions of climate change adaptation and disaster governance in Australia and the Pacific, emphasizing policy development for adaptation and vulnerability in atoll states. She is a Chief Investigator on the National Environmental Science Program Climate Systems Hub project 'Enabling Best Practice Adaptation in Australia'. Key publications include 'Local observations of impacts and responses to climate change in the Marshall Islands' (Climatic Change, 2025), 'The enablers of adaptation: a systematic review' (npj Climate Action, 2024), 'Current extent and future opportunities for living shorelines in Australia' (Science of the Total Environment, 2024), 'Reimagining climate change research and policy from the Australian adaptation impasse' (Environmental Science & Policy, 2023), 'Climate change and migration from atolls? No evidence yet' (Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2023), and 'Nature-based solutions for atoll habitability' (2022). Waters' research interests include climate change adaptation, governance, political geography, small island states, and international development. Her contributions inform adaptation strategies in vulnerable regions.