TKI Faculty Profile | Kirsty Galloway McLean

Biography

Kirsty Galloway McLean, an Australian national, is currently working at the UNU Institute for Advanced Sciences (UNU-IAS) on the Traditional Knowledge Initiative, heading research on traditional knowledge and climate change, overseeing various communications activities (including the TK Bulletin), and contributing to research programs on access to genetic resources, biotechnology, health and biodiplomacy issues. Her academic background is in medical science, cross-cultural communication and cognitive sciences. Her policy contributions at international level have ranged from traditional knowledge and climate science to risk assessment, biodiversity, biosafety and information management. She is particularly interested in cross-disciplinary research.

Publications

A selection of recent publications related to traditional knowledge available online include:

Peer-Reviewed Books

• DJ Nakashima, K Galloway McLean, HD Thulstrup, A Ramos Castillo, and JT Rubis (2012). Weathering Uncertainty: Traditional Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation. Paris, UNESCO, and Darwin, UNU TKI, 120 pp. ISBN: 978-92-3-001068-3
• K Galloway McLean, A Ramos Castillo and S Johnston (2012) The role of Indigenous Peoples in global environmental governance: Looking through the lens of climate change in Green Economy and Good Governance for Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Promises and Concerns (2012), JA Puppim de Oliveira (Ed.) Tokyo: UNU Press. ISBN: 978-92-808-1216-9
• K Galloway McLean (2010) Advance Guard: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation and Indigenous Peoples. Darwin: UNU TKI. ISBN: 978-0-9807084-4-8

Other Publications (Articles, Conference Proceedings, Policy Briefs, etc):

• K Galloway McLean (2012) Engaging Indigenous Peoples in Climate Governance. Published online 5 December 2012. Tokyo: OurWorld 2.0.
• K Galloway McLean, A Ramos Castillo and B Barrett (2012). Energy Innovation and Traditional Knowledge. Published online 2 November 2012. Tokyo: OurWorld 2.0.
• K Galloway McLean (2012). Land use, climate change adaptation and indigenous peoples. Published online 8 October 2012. Tokyo: OurWorld 2.0.
• A Ramos Castillo and K Galloway McLean (2012). Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and Prospects. Report of the Expert Meeting on Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples, Cairns, Australia (26-28 March 2012). Darwin: UNU-TKI Report.
• K Galloway McLean, A Ramos Castillo and JT Rubis (2011). Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge. Report of the Expert Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change, Mexico City, Mexico (19-21 July 2011). Darwin: UNU-TKI Report.
• K Galloway McLean and G Burton (2011). "Issues to be considered in establishing the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House established under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources", invited paper presented at the 2011 Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the ABS Clearing House, Montreal, Canada. Montreal: SCBD.
• K Galloway McLean (2010). "Adaptive Pathways for the Future: Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change”, invited paper presented at the 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
• K Galloway McLean, A Ramos-Castillo, T Gross, S Johnston, M Vierros, R Noa (2009). Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change. Report of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change, 20-24 April 2009, Anchorage, Alaska. ISBN: 978-0-9807084-2-4
• K Galloway McLean (2009). Indigenous Innovation at the Vanguard of Climate Change. Published online 10 December 2009. Tokyo: OurWorld 2.0.
• K Galloway McLean, Ed. (2009). Climate Change Experiences in Northern Australia – Health, Adaptation, Fire Management and Global Relevance. Proceedings of the 2008 International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experience. ISBN 978-0-9807084-0-0
• K Galloway McLean, Ed. (2008). Global Indigenous Peoples Consultation on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Proceedings of the Global Indigenous Peoples Consultation on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), 12 - 14 November 2008, Baguio City, Philippines. Darwin: UNU-TKI Report.

Further information:

• UNU Faculty Profile