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2026

NEW PAPER ALERT

Perera, C. D., Galappaththi, E. K., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Baird, T. D., Kolivras, K. N., Ford, J. D., Dickson, M., Pickering, K., Chi, G., Bezerra, J., Vijayan, D., Chicamana-Zapata, V., Togarepi, C., Thilakarathne, K. G., Hangula, M. M., Akugre, F. A., Nuwagira, R., & Nkalubo, J. (2026). Transformative pathways for strengthening climate-resilient health systems among Indigenous communities: Advancing equity and sustainability in global health. Sustainable Development, 0, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.70585. (link)

2025

1. Kabir Adrita, M., Kolivras, K. N., Crawford, T. W., & Galappaththi, E. (2025). Climatic Drivers of Malaria Incidence: A Study in Naikhongchhari Subdistrict, Bandarban, Bangladesh. Weather, Climate, and Society, 17(4), 833-847. (link)

2. Galappaththi, E. K. (2025). The role of Indigenous fishers’ knowledge and collective action in reducing vulnerability to climate change. In Handbook on Climate Change Vulnerability, Environments and Communities (pp. 260-281). Edward Elgar Publishing. (link)

3. Galappaththi, E. K., Russell, J. D., Dolby, M., Newsome, T., & Jayasekara, S. M. (2025). Status of global accumulation of marine debris. Global Environmental Change, 95, 103058. (link)

4. Galappaththi, E. K., Ayesu-Danso, B., Jayasekara, S. M., Baird, T. D., Bukvic, A., & Rijal, S. Voices from Akplabanya: Community Adaptation and Social-Ecological Changes in Coastal Ghana. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1-27 (link)

5. Punjabi, S., Misra, S., Rippy, M. A., Grant, S. B., Galappaththi, E., Lim, T., & Birkland, T. A. (2025). A conceptual framework for knowledge integration in cross-disciplinary collaborations. Environmental Science & Policy, 172, 104197 (link)

6. Dharmasiri, I. P., Galappaththi, E. K., Baird, T. D., Bukvic, A., & Rijal, S. (2025). From Roots to Resilience: Exploring the Drivers of Indigenous Entrepreneurship for Climate Adaptation. Sustainability, 17(10), 4472 (link)

7. Maskell, G. M., Shukla, R., Jagannathan, K., Browne, K., Ulibarri, N., Campbell, D., ...Galappaththi E.K... & Gornott, C. (2025). Autonomous and Planned Adaptation to Climate Change: A Global Review of Interactions. (link)

8. Perera, C.D., Galappaththi, E.K., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Baird, T.D. and Kolivras, K.N. (2025). A conceptual framework to improve climate-resilient health among Indigenous communities. Environmental science & policy. 168, pp.104069 (link)

9. Carlos Bezerra, J., Nqowana, T., Oosthuizen, R., Canca, M., Nkwinti, N., Mantel, S. K., New, M., Ford, J., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C. C., Galappaththi, E. K., Perera, C. D., Jayasekara, S. M., Amukugo, H. J., Namanya, D. B., Togarepi, C., Hangula, M. M., Nkalubo, J., Akugre, F. A., Pickering, K., ... Arotoma-Rojas, I. (2025). Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Kitchens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Urban Science, 9(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9020037 (link)

10. Maskell, G., Shukla, R., Jagannathan, K., Browne, K., Ulibarri, N., Campbell, D., Franz, C. P., Grady, C., Joe, E. T., Kirchhoff, C. J., Madhavan, M., Michaud, L., Sharma, S., Singh, C., Orlove, B., Alverio, G. N., Ajibade, I., Bowen, K. J., Chauhan, N., ... Galappaththi E.K., ...Gornott, C. (2025). Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations. Ecology and society, 30(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15335-300118 (link)

11. Galappaththi EK, Jayasekara SM, Perera CD, Ilangarathna GA, Garbutt H. Solvable constraints and unsolvable limits to global climate adaptation in coastal Indigenous food security. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures. 2025;3:e3. doi:10.1017/cft.2025.3 (link)

2024

1. Galappaththi, E. K., *Perera, C. D., *Illangarathna, G. A., *Jayasekara, S. M., & *Garbutt, H. (2024). Food security policy and coastal climate adaptation among Indigenous and Local Communities. Marine Policy, 170, 106408.(link)

2. Pickering, K., Galappaththi, E.K., Ford. J., et al. (2024) Fiji’s policy response to COVID-19 and the integration of Indigenous voices. Environmental Science & Policy, 158: 103791. (link)

3. Bilous, M., Wlght, K., Galappaththi, E.K., Dunmall, K. (2024) A systematic review of indicators and methods used to assess coastal to offshore marine ecosystems in the western Canadian Arctic. Polar Biology, 47 (4): 317-332. (link)

4. Reyes-García, V., et al. Galappaththi, E.K. et al. (2024) Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Sustainable Earth Reviews, 7 (1): 1-11. (link)

5. Reyes-García, V. et al. Galappaththi, E.K. et al. (2024) Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems. Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (1): 29. (link)

2023

1. Chicmana-Zapata, V., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Anza-Ramírez, C., Ford, J., Galappaththi, E.K., et al. *Perera, C.D., *Dharmasiri, I.P., et al. (2024) Justice implications of health and food security policies for Indigenous peoples facing COVID-19: a qualitative study and policy analysis in Peru. Health Policy and Planning, 39 (4): ii36-ii50. (link)

2. Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Ford, J.D., Galappaththi, E.K., et al. *Perera, C.D., *Dharmasiri, I.P., et al. (2023) Indigenous knowledge, community resilience, and health emergency preparedness. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7 (8): E641-E643. (link)

3. Galappaththi, E.K. and Schlingmann, A. (2023) The sustainability assessment of Indigenous and local knowledge-based climate adaptation responses in agricultural and aquatic food systems. The Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 62: 101276. (link)

4. Galappaththi, E.K., *Perera, C.D., *Dharmasiri, I.P., et al. (2023) Policy responses to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and the consideration of Indigenous Peoples. Environmental Science and Policy, 144: 110-123. (link)

5. Pickering, K., Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2023) Indigenous Peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review. Environmental Research Letters, 18: 033001. (link)

6. Galappaththi, E. K. (2023). How can co-management support adaptation to climate change? The case of co-existing fisheries from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada. In Routledge Handbook of Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (pp. 372-390). Routledge. (link)

2022

1. Ford, J.F., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Ainembabazi, T., Anza-Ramirez, C., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Bezerra, J., Chicmana-Zapata, V., Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2022) Interactions between climate and COVID-19. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6 (10): e825-e833. (link)

2. Galappaththi, E.K., Falardeau, M., Harris, L.N., Rocha, J.C., Moore, J.-S., Berkes, F. (2022) Resilience-based steps for adaptive co-management of Arctic small-scale fisheries. Environmental Research Letters, 17(8): 083004. (link)

3. Torhan, S., Grady, C. A., Ajibade, I., Galappaththi, E.K., Hernandez, R. R., Musah-Surugu, J. I., et al. (2022) Tradeoffs and synergies across global climate change adaptations in the food-energy-water nexus. Earth's Future, 10 (4): e2021EF002201. (link)

4. Ulibarri, N., Ajibade, I., Galappaththi, E.K, et al. (2022) A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation. Climate Policy, 22(1): 77-96. (link)

5. Namanya, D. B., Nuwagira, R., Ainembabazi, T., Kazaana, C., Nkalubo, J., Nahabwe, H., Galappaththi, E.K., ... & Perera, D.* (2022). Prevention, Impacts, and Response to COVID-19 among the Batwa Indigenous Peoples in Uganda: A Policy Brief. (link)

1. Divine, L.M., Pearce, T, Ford, J., Solovyev, B., Galappaththi, E.K., Bluhm, B., Kaiser, B.A. (2021) Protecting the future Arctic. One Earth, 4 (12): 1649-1651. (link)

2. Berrang-Ford, L., Siders, A.R., Lesnikowski, A., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2021) A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change, Nature Climate Change, 11: 989-1000. (link)

3. Galappaththi, E.K., *Susarla, V.B., *Loutet, S.J.T., Ichien, S.T., Hayman, A.A., Ford, J.D. (2021) Climate change adaptation in fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 23(1): 4-21. (link)

4. Araos, M., Jagannathan, K., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2021) Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review. One Earth, 4: 1454-1467. (link)

5. Sitati, A., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2021) Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of evidence. Discover Sustainability, 2(1): 42. (link)

6. Thomas, A., Thekritoff, E., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. 2021 Global evidence of limits and constraints to human adaptation. Regional Environmental Change, 21(3): 1-15. (link)

7. Scheelbeek, P.F.D., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2021) The effects on public health of climate change adaptation responses: a systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. Environmental Research Letters, 16: 073001. (link)

8. Turek-Hankins, L.L., et al. Galappaththi, E.K., et al. (2021) Climate change adaptation to extreme heat: A global systematic review of implemented action. Oxford Open Climate Change, 1 (1): kgab005. (link)

9. Galappaththi, E.K., Ford, J., Bennett, E., Berkes, F. (2021) Adapting to climate change in small-scale fisheries: Insights from Indigenous communities in the global north and south. Environmental Science and Policy, 116: 160-170. (link)

10. Galappaththi, E. K., & Galappaththi, I. M. (2021). Five key characteristics that drive commonisation: Empirical evidence from Sri Lankan shrimp aquaculture. In Making Commons Dynamic (pp. 83-101). Routledge. (link)

2021

1. Galappaththi, E.K., Ford, D.J., Bennett, E.M. (2020) Climate change and adaptation to social-ecological change: The case of Indigenous people and culture-based fisheries in Sri Lanka. Climatic Change,162: 279-300. (link)

2. Galappaththi, E.K., Ichien, S.T., Hayman, A.A., *Aubrac, C.J., Ford, J.D. (2020) Climate change adaptation in aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture, 12 (4): 2160-2176. (link)

3. Ford, J.D., King, N., Galappaththi, E.K., Pearce, T., McDowell, G., Harper, S. (2020) The Resilience of Indigenous peoples to environmental change. One Earth, 2(6): 532-543. (link)

2020

2019

1. Galappaththi, E.K., Ford, J., Bennett, E., Berkes, F. (2019) Climate change and community fisheries in the Arctic: A case study from Pangnirtung, Canada. Journal of Environmental Management, 250:109534. (link)

2. Galappaththi, E.K., Ford, J., Bennett, E. (2019) A framework for assessing community adaptation to climate change in a fisheries context. Environmental Science and Policy, 92, 17-26. (link)

1. Galappaththi, E.K., Berkes, F., Ford, J. (2018) Climate change adaptation efforts in coastal shrimp aquaculture: A case from northwestern Sri Lanka. In: Johnson, J., De Young, C., Bahri, T., Soto, D., & Virapat, C., eds. FishAdapt: The Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2018 Bangkok. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings No. 61. Rome, FAO. (link)

2018

1. Galappaththi, E.K. & Nayak, P.K. (2017) Two faces of shrimp aquaculture: Commonising vs. decommonising effects of a “wicked” driver. Maritime Studies, 16 (12):1-19. (link)

2. Galappaththi, I.M., Galappaththi, E.K., Kodithuwakku, S.S. (2017) Can start-up motives influence social-ecological resilience in community-based entrepreneurship setting? Case of coastal shrimp farmers in Sri Lanka. Marine Policy, 86: 156-163. (link)

2017

2016

1. Galappaththi, E.K., Kodithuwakku, S.K, Galappaththi, I.M. (2016) Can environment management integrate into supply chain management? Information sharing via shrimp aquaculture cooperatives in northwestern Sri Lanka. Marine Policy, 68: 187-194. (link)

1. Galappaththi, E.K. & Berkes, F. (2015) Can co-management emerge spontaneously? Collaborative management in Sri Lankan shrimp aquaculture. Marine Policy, 60: 1-8. (link)

2. Galappaththi, E.K. & Berkes, F. (2015) Drama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern, Sri Lanka. International Journal of the Commons, 9 (1): 347-368. (link)

2015

2014

1. Galappaththi, E.K. & Berkes, F. (2014) Institutions for managing common-pool resources: The case of community-based shrimp aquaculture in northwestern Sri Lanka. Maritime Studies, 13: 1-16. (link)

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