
Eranga K. Galappaththi
@erangakg
Asst. Professor Geography, Virginia Tech. Focus: climate change adaptation & vulnerability, resilience, social-ecological systems, Indigenous peoples, & beyond
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30-03-2018 18:08:48
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New in Nature Medicine - 3 Grand Challenges for Climate Change and Health: 1️⃣ promote actions that reduce carbon emissions and improve health 2️⃣ build low-carbon climate-resilient health systems 3️⃣ implement public health measures that protect people nature.com/articles/s4159…



Ahead of Francisco Blasco .... do the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) recognize Indigenous Peoples’ rights? see our new paper in Ambio: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Priestley Centre for Climate Futures


We have adapted from Covid Observatories to IPON Research Network ! Stay tuned!

1/2 Today we launched the IPON Research Network to transform how we understand the food-climate-health nexus from the bottom-up, building on ways of knowing embodied in Indigenous knowledges and science Priestley Centre for Climate Futures FAO Indigenous Peoples

Excited to share our new paper on the "Status of global coastal adaptation" just out in NatureClimate nature.com/articles/s4155… Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

New paper_Justice implications of health and food security policies for Indigenous peoples...Peru doi.org/10.1093/heapol… IPON Research Network Virginia Tech CNRE The Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech News Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech

Congratulations Indunil Dharmasiri for outstanding MS Geog thesis defense on Indigenous Entrepreneurs Virginia Tech CNRE Virginia Tech Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech The Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech IPON Research Network FAO Indigenous Peoples

Congratulations Brandy Ayesu-Danso for successfully completing MS thesis defense on Coastal climate adaptation in Ghanaian Indigenous community Brandy Virginia Tech CNRE The Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech


Congratulations to Indunil Dharmasiri chrishma perera and Hannah Garbutt, as well as the Indigenous Resilience & Innovation lab, for their outstanding achievements! Virginia Tech CNRE Virginia Tech Office of Sustainability FAO Indigenous Peoples IPON Research Network


We examined COVID-19 government policy responses in Fiji iTaukei setting, and this is what we found: authors.elsevier.com/c/1j7kE5Ce0rrc… IPON Research Network The Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech CNRE VT Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Caucus Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech

It is now public.....our IPON Network was one of 32 projects to be funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund. We're looking at the climate-food-health nexus collaborating with Indigenous communities canada.ca/en/research-co… Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

New paper from Indigenous Resilience & Innovation Lab. We examined food security policy and coastal climate adaptation among Indigenous and Local Communities Eranga K. Galappaththi Gayanthi Anuradha Sithuni Mimasha @Hannah Garbutt Virginia Tech CNRE FAO Indigenous Peoples sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



I was so happy to see the beautiful and amazing job #FAOPeru #IPON & #ashaninka & #AOTI Indigenous communities on #sustainability #foodsecurity and #health Carol Zavaleta Eranga K. Galappaththi Sherilee Harper #OneHealth