OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Environmental Law is 3. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Net Zero for the International Shipping Sector? An Analysis of the Implementation and Regulatory Challenges of the IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions	23
The Influence of the Paris Agreement on Climate Litigation: Legal Obligations and Norms (Part I)∗	23
COVID-19 and Wildlife Farming in China: Legislating to Protect Wild Animal Health and Welfare in the Wake of a Global Pandemic	17
Carbon Border Adjustment Measures: A Straightforward Multi-Purpose Climate Change Instrument?	17
Rights of Nature in Practice: A Case Study on the Impacts of the Colombian Atrato River Decision	16
The ‘Advance Interference-Like Effect’ of Climate Targets: Fundamental Rights, Intergenerational Equity and the German Federal Constitutional Court	16
How to Reach a Safe Circular Economy?—Perspectives on Reconciling the Waste, Product and Chemicals Regulation	15
The First Climate Judgment before the Norwegian Supreme Court: Aligning Law with Politics	11
Vietnam’s Regulations to Prevent Pollution from Plastic Waste: A Review Based on the Circular Economy Approach	11
The Influence of the Paris Agreement on Climate Litigation: Causation, Corporate Governance and Catalyst (Part II)	11
Just Transition as an Evolving Concept in International Climate Law	10
The Wicked Problem of Diffuse Nutrient Pollution from Agriculture	10
Environmental Policy in Good and Bad Times: The Countercyclical Effects of Carbon Taxes and Cap-and-Trade	8
The Intergenerational Effect of Fundamental Rights: A Contribution of the German Federal Constitutional Court to Climate Protection	7
Regulating Trade in Forest-Risk Commodities: Two Cheers for the European Union	6
The Contribution of Urgenda to the Mitigation of Climate Change	6
Trading Plastic Waste in a Global Economy: Soundly Regulated by the Basel Convention?	6
Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: Findings from 570 Court Cases Brought by NGOs, Public Prosecutors and Local Government	6
COVID-19, Climate Change Action and the Road to Green Recovery	5
The Impact of the European Landscape Convention on Landscape Planning in Spain, Italy and England	5
Assessing the Impact of the Habitats Directive: A Case Study of Europe’s Plants	5
In the Name of Legitimacy and Efficiency: Evaluating China’s Legal Reform on EIA	5
The Complexities of Comparative Climate Constitutionalism	4
The European Climate Law: Strengthening EU Procedural Climate Governance?	4
Recent Youth-Led and Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Reconciling Justiciability, Charter Claims and Procedural Choices	4

Climate Change, Fundamental Rights, and Statutory Interpretation	4
Tort to the Environment: A Stretch Too Far or a Simple Step Forward?	4
Voluntary Ecolabels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Ecolabel	4
Scientific and Legal Mechanisms for Addressing Model Uncertainties: Negotiating the Right Balance in Finnish Judicial Review?	4
The Impact-based Regulatory Strategy in Environmental Law: Hallmark of Effectiveness or Pitfall for Legitimacy?	3
Systemic Climate Change Litigation, Standing Rules and the Aarhus Convention: A Purposive Approach	3
A Brave New World: The Aarhus Convention in Tempestuous Times	3
Shaping REDD+: Interactions between Bilateral and Multilateral Rulemaking	3
Megafauna Rewilding: Addressing Amnesia and Myopia in Biodiversity Law and Policy	3
From the Silo to the Landscape: The Role of Law in Landscape-scale Restoration of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems	3
Improving Energy Efficiency: The Significance of Normativity	3
Transnational Experts Wanted: Nigerian Oil Spills before the Dutch Courts	3
Temperature Targets and State Obligations on the Mitigation of Climate Change	3
Rethinking Clean Air: Air Quality Law and COVID-19	3