Publications

Journal Articles

Findlater, K., Kozak, R., Hagerman, S. (2022). Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social–ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119(4):e2108326119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108326119

Findlater, K., Hagerman, S., Kozak, R., Gukova, V. (2022). Redefining climate change maladaptation using a values-based approach in forestry. People and Nature, 4(1):231-242. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10278

Findlater, K., Webber, S., Kandlikar, M., Donner, S.D. (2021). Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data. Nature Climate Change, 11:731-737. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01125-3 — FREE LINK: https://rdcu.be/cvVtA

Findlater, K.M., Peterson St-Laurent, G., Hagerman, S., Kozak, R. (2020). Surprisingly malleable public preferences for climate adaptation in forests. Environmental Research Letters 15(3):034045. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7464

Findlater, K.M., Kandlikar, M., Satterfield, T., Donner, S.D. (2019). Weather and climate variability may be poor proxies for climate change in farmer risk perceptions. Weather, Climate and Society 11(4):697-711. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0040.1 [PDF]

Findlater, K.M., Kandlikar, M., Satterfield, T. (2019). Misunderstanding conservation agriculture: Challenges in promoting, monitoring and evaluating sustainable farming. Environmental Science & Policy 100:47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.027

Findlater, K.M., Satterfield, T., Kandlikar, M. (2019). Farmers’ risk-based decision-making under pervasive uncertainty: Cognitive thresholds and hazy hedging. Risk Analysis 39(8):1755-1770. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13290 FREE LINK: https://rdcu.be/bprHv

Peterson St-Laurent, G.P., Hagerman, S., Findlater, K.M., Kozak, R. (2019). Public trust and knowledge in the context of emerging climate-adaptive forestry policies. Journal of Environmental Management 292:474-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.065

Findlater, K.M., Satterfield, T., Kandlikar, M., Donner, S.D. (2018). Six languages for a risky climate: How farmers react to weather and climate change. Climatic Change 148:451-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2217-z FREE LINK: https://rdcu.be/N9V3

Findlater, K.M., Donner, S.D., Satterfield, T., Kandlikar, M. (2018). Integration anxiety: The cognitive isolation of climate change. Global Environmental Change 50:178-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.010

Findlater, K.M., Kandlikar, M. (2011). The unconsidered impacts of Jatropha biodiesel in Rajasthan, India. Energy Policy 39:3404-3413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.037

Funke, N., Nortje, K., Findlater, K., Burns, M., Turton, A., Weaver, A. (2007). Redressing inequality: South Africa's new water policy. Environment 49:10-23. https://doi.org/10.3200/ENVT.49.3.10-25

Chipanshi, A.C., Findlater, K.M., Hadwen, T., O’Brien, E.G. (2006). Analysis of consecutive droughts on the Canadian Prairies. Climate Research 30:175-187. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr030175

Book Chapters

Anderson, E., Findlater, K., Freeman, O., Levine, J., Morinville, C., Peloso, M., Rodina, L., Singh, G., Tesfamichael, D., Harris, L., Zerriffi, H. (2012). Bridging disciplinary and professional divides to improve international development research at universities. In Leal W (ed.), Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons. Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang Publishers.

Other Selected

Rodina, L., Findlater, K.M. (12/07/2018). What can other cities learn about water shortages from ‘Day Zero’? The Conversation. [Op-ed republished by the National Post, Canadian Geographic, City Metric (a division of New Statesman), Alternatives Journal and 10 others, 10,000+ total reads.]

Findlater, K.M. (2015). Sustainable decentralized energy systems. Contribution to USAID’s Global E3 Analytics and Evaluation Project. Arlington, VA, USA: Management Systems International.

Findlater, K. (2013). Conservation agriculture: South Africa’s new green revolution? Africa Portal, Backgrounder No. 61. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI): Waterloo, Canada.

Findlater, K. (2013). The complexities of climate change adaptation in South African agriculture. Africa Portal, Backgrounder No. 50. CIGI: Waterloo, Canada.

Findlater, K.M., Funke, N., Adler, R., Turton, A.R. (2007). South Africa’s Hydropolitical History: Actors, Actions, Roles and Responsibilities. Pretoria, South Africa: CSIR.

Turton, A.R., Rascher J., Maree G., Findlater K. (2007). Back to the Future: A South African Perspective on Mar del Plata and Beyond. Pretoria, South Africa: CSIR.

Adler, R., Funke, N., Findlater, K., Turton, A.R. (2007). The Changing Relationship between the Government and the Mining Industry in South Africa: A Critical Assessment of the Far West Rand Dolomitic Water Association and the State. Pretoria, South Africa: CSIR.