OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Climate Policy is 5. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions	92
A factor of two: how the mitigation plans of ‘climate progressive’ nations fall far short of Paris-compliant pathways	86
Modelling net-zero emissions energy systems requires a change in approach	83
Greening monetary policy	75
Equity, climate justice and fossil fuel extraction: principles for a managed phase out	69
Climate finance policy in practice: a review of the evidence	67
Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5–2°C	67
An industrial policy framework for transforming energy and emissions intensive industries towards zero emissions	66
Countries with sustained greenhouse gas emissions reductions: an analysis of trends and progress by sector	64
Influence of a pilot carbon trading policy on enterprises’ low-carbon innovation in China	58
Upward-scaling tipping cascades to meet climate goals: plausible grounds for hope	58
Potential implications of carbon dioxide removal for the sustainable development goals	57
The making of green steel in the EU: a policy evaluation for the early commercialization phase	55
The financial impact of fossil fuel divestment	55
Managing uncertainty in carbon offsets: insights from California’s standardized approach	53
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact	51
Designing an effective climate-policy mix: accounting for instrument synergy	49
Caught in between: credibility and feasibility of the voluntary carbon market post-2020	48
Assessing the rapidly-emerging landscape of net zero targets	47
Political populism, responsiveness, and public support for climate mitigation	44
Central banks, financial stability and policy coordination in the age of climate uncertainty: a three-layered analytical and operational framework	42
Supporting transformative climate adaptation: community-level capacity building and knowledge co-creation in South Africa	39
Towards a post-pandemic policy framework to manage climate-related financial risks and resilience	38
Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals	38
Reducing inequality resulting from UK low-carbon policy	38

The impact of strategic climate legislation: evidence from expert interviews on the UK Climate Change Act	37
Harnessing international climate governance to drive a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic	37
Fossil fuels, climate change, and the COVID-19 crisis: pathways for a just and green post-pandemic recovery	37
Smallholder farmers’ engagement with climate smart agriculture in Africa: role of local knowledge and upscaling	34
Impacts of climate change policies worldwide on the Russian economy	33
National ‘fair shares’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the principled framework of international environmental law	33
Carbon accounting for negative emissions technologies	32
Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism	31
Glass half full or glass half empty?: the 2021 Glasgow Climate Conference	30
Carbon pricing and competitiveness: are they at odds?	30
Modelling the economic effects of COVID-19 and possible green recovery plans: a post-Keynesian approach	30
Twenty years of climate policy: G20 coverage and gaps	29
Just Transition: A whole-systems approach to decarbonisation	29
Beyond good intentions, to urgent action: Former UNFCCC leaders take stock of thirty years of international climate change negotiations	27
Who do you trust? How trust in partial and impartial government institutions influences climate policy attitudes	27
Carbon pricing and COVID-19	26
Bots and online climate discourses: Twitter discourse on President Trump’s announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement	25
Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius	25
Public support for aviation policy measures in Sweden	25
Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions	25
A classification framework for carbon tax revenue use	24
A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing	24
Toward Indigenous visions of nature-based solutions: an exploration into Canadian federal climate policy	24
Quantifying international public finance for climate change adaptation in Africa	24
Does mitigation shape adaptation? The urban climate mitigation-adaptation nexus	24
Climate change communication and public engagement in interpersonal deliberative settings: evidence from the Irish citizens’ assembly	24
A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation	23
A green COVID-19 recovery of the EU basic materials sector: identifying potentials, barriers and policy solutions	23
CCUS As a second-best choice for China's carbon neutrality: an institutional analysis	23
Consumption-oriented policy instruments for fostering greenhouse gas mitigation	23
Political conflict and climate policy: the European emissions trading system as a Trojan Horse for the low-carbon transition?	23
Climate clubs: politically feasible and desirable?	23
REDD+ and leakage: debunking myths and promoting integrated solutions	22
Climate change and central banks: what role for monetary policy?	22
Responding to the climate emergency: how are UK universities establishing sustainable workplace routines for flying and food?	22
Drivers of global and national CO₂ emissions changes 2000–2017	21
Willingness to pay for weather index-based insurance in semi-subsistence agriculture: evidence from northern Togo	21
Mobilising private climate finance for sustainable energy access and climate change mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa	21
A blockchain-based emissions trading system for the road transport sector: policy design and evaluation	21
Unpacking the policy mix of adaptation to climate change in Brazil’s semiarid region: enabling instruments and coordination mechanisms	21
Farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for climate-smart agricultural technologies on rice production in Nigeria	20
Border carbon adjustments and industrial competitiveness in a European Green Deal	20
National laws for enhancing flood resilience in the context of climate change: potential and shortcomings	20
Who puts a price on carbon, why and how? A global empirical analysis of carbon pricing policies	19
How green primary iron production in South Africa could help global decarbonization	19
Global adaptation governance: how intergovernmental organizations mainstream climate change adaptation	19
The urgent case for stronger climate targets for international shipping	18
Applying intersectionality to climate hazards: a theoretically informed study of wildfire in northern Saskatchewan	18
Building local capacity to adapt to climate change	18
Assessment of agricultural emissions, climate change mitigation and adaptation practices in Ethiopia	18

A systematic review of Nepalese farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies	18
Planning for a different kind of sea change: lessons from Australia for sea level rise and coastal flooding	18
Divestment, energy incumbency and the global political economy of energy transition: the case of Adani’s Carmichael mine in Australia	18
Disaster management leadership and policy making: a critical examination of communitarian and individualistic understandings of resilience and vulnerability	17
Climate justice and rights-based litigation in a post-Paris world	17
Deepening transparency about value-laden assumptions in energy and environmental modelling: improving best practices for both modellers and non-modellers	17
Out of the window? Green monetary policy in China: window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment	17
Policy attention to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: a global assessment of National Communications (1994–2019)	17
Evaluating regional carbon emissions trading in China: effects, pathways, co-benefits, spillovers, and prospects	16
Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives	16
Carbon pricing and economic populism: the case of Ontario	16
Governing sustainable finance: insights from Indonesia	16
What matters for private investment in renewable energy?	16
Challenges and opportunities for climate policy integration in oil-producing countries: the case of the UAE and Oman	16
Leader on paper, laggard in practice: policy fragmentation and the multi-level paralysis in implementation of the Mexican Climate Act	15
Central bank collateral as a green monetary policy instrument	15
Utilization-focused scientific policy advice: a six-point checklist	15
Towards zero carbon and zero poverty: integrating national climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals	15
A new way forward for ocean-climate policy as reflected in the UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue submissions	14
The EU ETS to 2030 and beyond: adjusting the cap in light of the 1.5°C target and current energy policies	14
Saudi Arabia’s Climate Change Policy and the Circular Carbon Economy Approach	14
Impact of regulatory policies on green bond issuances in China: policy lessons from a top-down approach	14
Mind the gap: personal carbon trading for road transport in Kenya	14
Addressing the climate change adaptation puzzle: a psychological science perspective	14
Climate Change Acts in Scotland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden: the role of discourse and deliberation	14
The Brazilian renewable energy policy framework: instrument design and coherence	14
Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Act	13
The green climate fund and its shortcomings in local delivery of adaptation finance	13
Biodiversity loss and climate change interactions: financial stability implications for central banks and financial supervisors	13
Sweden’s Climate Act – its origin and emergence	13
Taming the Green Swan: a criteria-based analysis to improve the understanding of climate-related financial risk assessment tools	13
Pricing carbon effectively: a pathway for higher climate change ambition	13
Interpreting the UNFCCC’s provisions on ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ in light of the Paris Agreement’s provision on ‘loss and damage’	13
COVID-19 recovery and climate policy	12
A pathway design framework for sectoral deep decarbonization: the case of passenger transportation	12
Beyond shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and representative concentration pathways (RCPs): climate policy implementation scenarios for Europe, the US and China	12
Performing accountability: face-to-face account-giving in multilateral climate transparency processes	12
Balancing cost and justice concerns in the energy transition: comparing coal phase-out policies in Germany and the UK	12
Obstacles and opportunities for moratoria on oil and gas exploration or extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean	12
Climate Change Acts: Origins, Dynamics, and Consequences	12
Revising the EU ETS and CORSIA in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges for reducing global aviation emissions	12
Phasing out public financial flows to fossil fuel production in Europe	12
Assessment of greenhouse gas mitigation pathways for Thailand towards achievement of the 2°C and 1.5°C Paris Agreement targets	12
Accelerating the speed and scale of climate finance in the post-pandemic context	12
Progressive supply-side policy under the Paris Agreement to enhance geological carbon storage	12
Impacts of the CBAM on EU trade partners: consequences for developing countries	12
Climate justice: priorities for equitable recovery from the pandemic	11
Loss and damage after Paris: more bark than bite?	11
Post-2025 climate finance target: how much more and how much better?	11
Systemic failures in north–south climate change knowledge transfer: a case study of the Congo Basin	11
Catalysing private and public action for climate change mitigation: the World Bank’s role in international carbon markets	11
Building institutional capacity for addressing climate and sustainable development goals: achieving energy efficiency in India	11
Snapshot of the Carbon Dioxide Removal certification and standards ecosystem (2021–2022)	11
If money talks, what is the banking industry saying about climate change?	10
Integrating climate and food policies in higher education: a case study of the University of California	10
Acceptance of climate-oriented policy measures under the COVID-19 crisis: an empirical analysis for Germany	10
The influence of climate change advisory bodies on political debates: evidence from the UK Committee on Climate Change	10
Scenarios for mitigating CO₂ emissions from energy supply in the absence of CO₂ removal	9
Achieving the Paris Agreement’s 2 degree target in Nepal: the potential role of a carbon tax	9
Banks’ climate commitments and credit to carbon-intensive industries: new evidence for France	9
Assessing state compliance with multilateral climate transparency requirements: ‘Transparency Adherence Indices’ and their research and policy implications	9
The Triple Challenge: synergies, trade-offs and integrated responses for climate, biodiversity, and human wellbeing goals	9
Co-benefits of regionally-differentiated carbon pricing policies across China	9
The Swedish climate policy framework as a means for climate policy integration: an assessment	9
Ecosystem-based adaptation to address urbanization and climate change challenges: the case of China’s sponge city initiative	9
Disaster risk reduction and climate policy implementation challenges in Canada and Australia	8
Routes to credible climate commitment: the UK and Denmark compared	8
Impact on the power mix and economy of Japan under a 2050 carbon-neutral scenario: Analysis using the E3ME macro-econometric model	8
Social Engagement with climate change: principles for effective visual representation on social media	8
Concept of climate-charged airspaces: a potential policy instrument for internalizing aviation's climate impact of non-CO₂ effects	8
Perceptions of climate-related risk in Southeast Asia’s power sector	8
How does climate change adaptation policy in India consider gender? An analysis of 28 state action plans	8
Australian water policy reform: lessons learned and potential transferability	7
Public support for carbon taxation in Turkey: drivers and barriers	7
Evaluating policy success of emissions trading schemes in emerging economies: comparing the experiences of Korea and Kazakhstan	7
Implementing nationally determined contributions under the Paris agreement: an assessment of climate finance in Caribbean small island developing states	7
Farmer extension facilitators as a pathway for climate smart agriculture: evidence from southern Malawi	7
Challenges and opportunities for universities in building adaptive capacities for sustainability: lessons from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean	7
Green innovation of state-owned oil and gas enterprises in BRICS countries: a review of performance	7
Climate migration and health system preparedness in the United States	7

Quality of life and carbon emissions reduction: does digital economy play an influential role?	7
Evaluating progress on loss and damage: an assessment of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism under the UNFCCC	7
Definitions and accounting of climate finance: between divergence and constructive ambiguity	7
Curbing the car: the mitigation potential of a higher carbon price in the New Zealand transport sector	7
Greening monetary policy: evidence from the People’s Bank of China	7
Tackling the implementation gap of climate adaptation strategies: understanding policy translation in Brazil and Colombia	7
Farmers’ adaptations strategies towards soil salinity effects in agriculture: the interior coast of Bangladesh	7
Leveraging the transport sector to mitigate long-term climate policy costs in China: a behavioural perspective	7
Transformational adaptation and country ownership: competing priorities in international adaptation finance	7
The policy coordinator role of national development banks in scaling climate finance: Evidence from the renewable energy sector	7
Exploring low-carbon pilot city policy implementation: evidence from China	6
Convergent evolution: framework climate legislation in Australia	6
Participatory modelling for climate change adaptation: the poultry sector in Nigeria	6
Measuring comprehensive carbon prices of national climate policies	6
Paradoxes of Norway’s energy transition: controversies and justice	6
Scenarios for different ‘Future Indias’: sharpening energy and climate modelling tools	6
Capacity building for climate transparency: neutral ‘means of implementation’ or generating political effects?	6
Industrial clustering as a barrier and an enabler for deep emission reduction: a case study of a Dutch chemical cluster	6
Setting the sun on off-grid solar?: policy lessons from the Bangladesh solar home systems (SHS) programme	6
Greenhouse gas emission budgets and policies for zero-Carbon road transport in Europe	6
Meaning-making in a context of climate change: supporting agency and political engagement	6
Will the regime ever break? Assessing socio-political and economic pressures to climate action and European oil majors’ response (2005-2019)	6
The ‘national turn’ in climate change loss and damage governance research: constructing the L&D policy landscape in Tuvalu	6
The policy mix of green finance in China: an evolutionary and multilevel perspective	6
The effect of the EU ETS free allowance allocation on energy mix diversification: the case of Poland’s power sector	6
Does climate advocacy matter? The importance of competing interest groups for national climate policies	6
Costs and effectiveness of climate change adaptation in agriculture: a systematic review from the NENA region	6
Green finance in Asia: challenges, policies and avenues for research	6
A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing: nice idea, but doomed to fail	6
Climate policy at the Bank of England: the possibilities and limits of green central banking	5
Climate solutions to meet the suburban surge: leveraging COVID-19 recovery to enhance suburban climate governance	5
Assessing barriers to the internationalization of China’s certified emission reductions (CCERs): a Delphi survey	5
Climate risk and IMF surveillance policy: a baseline analysis	5
Economic and social effectiveness of carbon pricing schemes to meet Brazilian NDC targets	5
Climate justice for small island developing states: identifying appropriate international financing mechanisms for loss and damage	5
Supportive governance for city-scale low carbon building retrofits: a case study from Shanghai	5
Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal	5
Building capacity for ‘energy for development’ in Africa: four decades and counting	5
A cross-sectoral integrated assessment of alternatives for climate mitigation in Madagascar	5
Economic and environmental impacts of raising revenues for climate finance from public sources	5
Adaptation, sustainable food systems and healthy diets: an analysis of climate policy integration in Fiji and Vanuatu	5
The role of knowledge maps in sub-national climate change policymaking and governance	5
Strengthening climate adaptation in the northern region of Ghana: insights from a stakeholder analysis	5
Investor-state dispute settlement: obstructing a just energy transition	5
Climate policy and financial system stability: evidence from Chinese fund markets	5
Has the international climate regime promoted climate justice? Evidence from Clean Development Mechanism projects in China	5
Farmers’ perceptions, determinants of adoption, and impact on food security: case of climate change adaptation measures in coastal Bangladesh	5
Unequal age-based household carbon footprint in China	5
Clean at home, polluting abroad: the role of the Chinese financial system’s differential treatment of state-owned and private enterprises	5
Quantifying stranded assets of the coal-fired power in China under the Paris Agreement target	5
Climate-related prudential regulation tools in the context of sustainable and responsible investment: a systematic review	5