OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Global Environmental Politics 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change	105
Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-Edited Crops, and the Politics of Sustainability	100
Future-Proofing Capitalism: The Paradox of the Circular Economy for Plastics	66
Catalytic Cooperation	50
Policy Characteristics, Electoral Cycles, and the Partisan Politics of Climate Change	37
Political Economy Determinants of Carbon Pricing	35
Green Industrial Policy and the Global Transformation of Climate Politics	33
Intergovernmental Expert Consensus in the Making: The Case of the Summary for Policy Makers of the IPCC 2014 Synthesis Report	32
Marine Biodiversity Negotiations During COVID-19: A New Role for Digital Diplomacy?	26
The Security–Sustainability Nexus: Lithium Onshoring in the Global North	24
Pathways to an International Agreement to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground	22
Brokering Climate Action: The UNFCCC Secretariat Between Parties and Nonparty Stakeholders	22
Which Way Forward in Measuring the Quality of Life? A Critical Analysis of Sustainability and Well-Being Indicator Sets	19
Varieties of Crises: Comparing the Politics of COVID-19 and Climate Change	18
Political Perspectives on Geoengineering: Navigating Problem Definition and Institutional Fit	18
Populism and Environmental Performance	17
Big Oil and Climate Regulation: Business as Usual or a Changing Business?	16
The Practical Fit of Concepts: Ecosystem Services and the Value of Nature	14
The Potential and Limits of Environmental Disclosure Regulation: A Global Value Chain Perspective Applied to Tanker Shipping	14
Climate Governance Antagonisms: Policy Stability and Repoliticization	14
Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal: The Problem of Phasedown	14
Participatory Designs and Epistemic Authority in Knowledge Platforms for Sustainability	14
Indigenous Peoples and Multiscalar Environmental Governance: The Opening and Closure of Participatory Spaces	13
Nature 4.0: Assisted Evolution, De-extinction, and Ecological Restoration Technologies	13
Who Are the Engineers? Solar Geoengineering Research and Justice	12

Following the Leaders? How to Restore Progress in Global Climate Governance	12
Experiments in EU Climate Governance: The Unfulfilled Potential of the Covenant of Mayors	12
Capitalism and Earth System Governance: An Ecological Marxist Approach	12
The Supply Side of Climate Policies: Keeping Unburnable Fossil Fuels in the Ground	12
Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization	12
Governing New Biotechnologies for Biodiversity Conservation: Gene Drives, International Law, and Emerging Politics	12
Silver Lining to Extreme Weather Events? Democracy and Climate Change Mitigation	11
The International Politics of Carbon Dioxide Removal: Pathways to Cooperative Global Governance	11
Judicializing Environmental Governance? The Case of Transnational Corporate Accountability	10
Nationalist Backlash Against Foreign Climate Shaming	10
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Maritime Baselines: Responding to the Plight of Low-Lying Atoll States	9
Making Representations: The SDG Process and Major Groups’ Images of the Future	8
Beliefs About Consequences from Climate Action Under Weak Climate Institutions: Sectors, Home Bias, and International Embeddedness	8
Shadows of Divestment: The Complications of Diverting Fossil Fuel Finance	8
Counting Carbon or Counting Coal? Anchoring Climate Governance in Fossil Fuel–Based Accountability Frameworks	8
How Do Right-Wing Populist Parties Influence Climate and Renewable Energy Policies? Evidence from OECD Countries	8
Political Institutions and Supply-Side Climate Politics: Lessons from Coal Ports in Canada and the United States	7
Environmental Impacts and Public Opinion About International Trade: Experimental Evidence from Six OECD Countries	7
The Elusive Governance of Climate Change: Nationally Determined Contributions as Commitments and Negotiating Positions	6
Green Industrial Policy After Paris: Renewable Energy Policy Measures and Climate Goals	6
Design Trade-Offs Under Power Asymmetry: COPs and Flexibility Clauses	5
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels: Determinants of Production Cuts and Implications for an International Agreement	5
Taking Technology Seriously: Introduction to the Special Issue on New Technologies and Global Environmental Politics	5
It’s a Performance, Not an Orchestra! Rethinking Soft Coordination in Global Climate Governance	5
Massive Institutional Structures in Global Governance	5
Small NGOs and Agenda-Setting in Global Conservation Governance: The Case of Pangolin Conservation	5