OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Climate Policy is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A factor of two: how the mitigation plans of ‘climate progressive’ nations fall far short of Paris-compliant pathways	89
Modelling net-zero emissions energy systems requires a change in approach	86
Greening monetary policy	82
Equity, climate justice and fossil fuel extraction: principles for a managed phase out	76
Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5–2°C	74
Climate finance policy in practice: a review of the evidence	73
An industrial policy framework for transforming energy and emissions intensive industries towards zero emissions	72
Countries with sustained greenhouse gas emissions reductions: an analysis of trends and progress by sector	71
Upward-scaling tipping cascades to meet climate goals: plausible grounds for hope	70
Influence of a pilot carbon trading policy on enterprises’ low-carbon innovation in China	62
Potential implications of carbon dioxide removal for the sustainable development goals	61
The financial impact of fossil fuel divestment	58
Assessing the rapidly-emerging landscape of net zero targets	56
The making of green steel in the EU: a policy evaluation for the early commercialization phase	56
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact	56
Managing uncertainty in carbon offsets: insights from California’s standardized approach	55
Designing an effective climate-policy mix: accounting for instrument synergy	54
Caught in between: credibility and feasibility of the voluntary carbon market post-2020	52
Supporting transformative climate adaptation: community-level capacity building and knowledge co-creation in South Africa	44
Central banks, financial stability and policy coordination in the age of climate uncertainty: a three-layered analytical and operational framework	44
Reducing inequality resulting from UK low-carbon policy	41
Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals	40
The impact of strategic climate legislation: evidence from expert interviews on the UK Climate Change Act	39
Just Transition: A whole-systems approach to decarbonisation	39
Towards a post-pandemic policy framework to manage climate-related financial risks and resilience	39

Fossil fuels, climate change, and the COVID-19 crisis: pathways for a just and green post-pandemic recovery	37
Harnessing international climate governance to drive a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic	37
Smallholder farmers’ engagement with climate smart agriculture in Africa: role of local knowledge and upscaling	37
National ‘fair shares’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the principled framework of international environmental law	36
Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism	35
Carbon accounting for negative emissions technologies	34
Impacts of climate change policies worldwide on the Russian economy	33
Modelling the economic effects of COVID-19 and possible green recovery plans: a post-Keynesian approach	33
Carbon pricing and competitiveness: are they at odds?	32
Glass half full or glass half empty?: the 2021 Glasgow Climate Conference	31
Twenty years of climate policy: G20 coverage and gaps	30
Who do you trust? How trust in partial and impartial government institutions influences climate policy attitudes	30
Climate clubs: politically feasible and desirable?	29
Beyond good intentions, to urgent action: Former UNFCCC leaders take stock of thirty years of international climate change negotiations	29
Assessment of agricultural emissions, climate change mitigation and adaptation practices in Ethiopia	28
Carbon pricing and COVID-19	28
A classification framework for carbon tax revenue use	27
Quantifying international public finance for climate change adaptation in Africa	27
Public support for aviation policy measures in Sweden	26
A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation	26
Climate change communication and public engagement in interpersonal deliberative settings: evidence from the Irish citizens’ assembly	26
Responding to the climate emergency: how are UK universities establishing sustainable workplace routines for flying and food?	26
Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions	26
CCUS As a second-best choice for China's carbon neutrality: an institutional analysis	25
Bots and online climate discourses: Twitter discourse on President Trump’s announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement	25
Toward Indigenous visions of nature-based solutions: an exploration into Canadian federal climate policy	25
Climate change and central banks: what role for monetary policy?	24
Mobilising private climate finance for sustainable energy access and climate change mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa	24
A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing	24
Political conflict and climate policy: the European emissions trading system as a Trojan Horse for the low-carbon transition?	24
How green primary iron production in South Africa could help global decarbonization	23
A green COVID-19 recovery of the EU basic materials sector: identifying potentials, barriers and policy solutions	23
A blockchain-based emissions trading system for the road transport sector: policy design and evaluation	23
REDD+ and leakage: debunking myths and promoting integrated solutions	22
Drivers of global and national CO₂ emissions changes 2000–2017	22
The urgent case for stronger climate targets for international shipping	21
Building local capacity to adapt to climate change	21
National laws for enhancing flood resilience in the context of climate change: potential and shortcomings	21
Global adaptation governance: how intergovernmental organizations mainstream climate change adaptation	20
Border carbon adjustments and industrial competitiveness in a European Green Deal	20
Planning for a different kind of sea change: lessons from Australia for sea level rise and coastal flooding	20
Governing sustainable finance: insights from Indonesia	20
Farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for climate-smart agricultural technologies on rice production in Nigeria	20
Who puts a price on carbon, why and how? A global empirical analysis of carbon pricing policies	19
Applying intersectionality to climate hazards: a theoretically informed study of wildfire in northern Saskatchewan	19
Out of the window? Green monetary policy in China: window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment	19
Divestment, energy incumbency and the global political economy of energy transition: the case of Adani’s Carmichael mine in Australia	19
A systematic review of Nepalese farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies	19
Disaster management leadership and policy making: a critical examination of communitarian and individualistic understandings of resilience and vulnerability	18
Deepening transparency about value-laden assumptions in energy and environmental modelling: improving best practices for both modellers and non-modellers	18

Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives	18
Policy attention to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: a global assessment of National Communications (1994–2019)	18
Carbon pricing and economic populism: the case of Ontario	17
What matters for private investment in renewable energy?	17
Biodiversity loss and climate change interactions: financial stability implications for central banks and financial supervisors	17
Climate justice and rights-based litigation in a post-Paris world	17
A new way forward for ocean-climate policy as reflected in the UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue submissions	17
Central bank collateral as a green monetary policy instrument	17
Towards zero carbon and zero poverty: integrating national climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals	17
Evaluating regional carbon emissions trading in China: effects, pathways, co-benefits, spillovers, and prospects	17
Challenges and opportunities for climate policy integration in oil-producing countries: the case of the UAE and Oman	16
Sweden’s Climate Act – its origin and emergence	16
Mind the gap: personal carbon trading for road transport in Kenya	16
The green climate fund and its shortcomings in local delivery of adaptation finance	16
Taming the Green Swan: a criteria-based analysis to improve the understanding of climate-related financial risk assessment tools	15
Addressing the climate change adaptation puzzle: a psychological science perspective	15
Climate Change Acts in Scotland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden: the role of discourse and deliberation	15
Utilization-focused scientific policy advice: a six-point checklist	15
Saudi Arabia’s Climate Change Policy and the Circular Carbon Economy Approach	15
Snapshot of the Carbon Dioxide Removal certification and standards ecosystem (2021–2022)	15
Leader on paper, laggard in practice: policy fragmentation and the multi-level paralysis in implementation of the Mexican Climate Act	15
Impact of regulatory policies on green bond issuances in China: policy lessons from a top-down approach	15
Assessment of greenhouse gas mitigation pathways for Thailand towards achievement of the 2°C and 1.5°C Paris Agreement targets	14
Building institutional capacity for addressing climate and sustainable development goals: achieving energy efficiency in India	14
Obstacles and opportunities for moratoria on oil and gas exploration or extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean	14
Revising the EU ETS and CORSIA in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges for reducing global aviation emissions	14
Balancing cost and justice concerns in the energy transition: comparing coal phase-out policies in Germany and the UK	14
Accelerating the speed and scale of climate finance in the post-pandemic context	14
The EU ETS to 2030 and beyond: adjusting the cap in light of the 1.5°C target and current energy policies	14