Dr Ross Westoby is a Research Fellow with Griffith Institute for Tourism at Griffith University, Queensland, specialising in the intersection between tourism, livelihoods and climate change, particularly in Pacific island nations. Ross is a social scientist whose research focus is grounded in placing ‘locals’ at the centre of climate change adaptation and sustainable tourism destinations. Central to his work is understanding the complex cultural, social, political and economic forces at play in adaptation and tourism spaces.