OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Climate and Development is 7. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice	84
Turbulent transformation: abrupt societal disruption and climate resilient development	59
Climate-Smart agriculture and potato production in Kenya: review of the determinants of practice	50
Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana	46
The tragedy of climate change science	45
‘When we were children we had dreams, then we came to Dhaka to survive’: urban stories connecting loss of wellbeing, displacement and (im)mobility	44
Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: where do they come from and where do they go?	41
Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security	36
Techniques and skills of indigenous weather and seasonal climate forecast in Northern Ghana	32
A bibliometric-qualitative literature review of green finance gap and future research directions	28
The evolution of transformational change in multilateral funds dedicated to financing adaptation to climate change	24
Climate change and development in South Africa: the impact of rising temperatures on economic productivity and labour availability	24
Understanding gender differences in availability, accessibility and use of climate information among smallholder farmers in Malawi	23
Harnessing indigenous knowledge for climate change-resilient water management – lessons from an ethnographic case study in Iran	23
The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020	22
Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa	20
Transforming environmental research to avoid tragedy	18
A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience	18
Vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to environmental change in North-Western Ghana and implications for development planning	17
Influence of social capital in adopting climate change adaptation strategies: empirical evidence from rural areas of Ambo district in Ethiopia	17
Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart cowpea varieties: implications for crop breeding programmes	16
Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action	16
Examining the outcomes of urban adaptation interventions on gender equality using SDG 5	16
Population health risks in multi-hazard environments: action needed in the Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 – hit Sundarbans region, India	16
Can labour migration help households adapt to climate change? Evidence from four river basins in South Asia	16

Promoting banana farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: the role of agricultural cooperatives	15
Farmers’ drought experience, risk perceptions, and behavioural intentions for adaptation: evidence from Ethiopia	15
Local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands	14
Community perceptions of climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation in the mangrove ecosystem of the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania	14
Climate shocks and adaptation strategies in coastal Bangladesh: does microcredit have a part to play?	13
Impact of natural disasters on the efficiency of agricultural production: an exemplar from rice farming in Sri Lanka	13
WAMPUM Adaptation framework: eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security	13
Understanding the influence of Iranian farmers’ climate change beliefs on their adaptation strategies and mitigation intentions	12
Tackling knowledge and power: an environmental justice perspective on climate change adaptation in Kiribati	12
Climate change and high-altitude food security: a small-scale study from the Karnali region in Nepal	12
Extreme heat vulnerability assessment in tropical region: a case study in Malaysia	12
Adaptation to climate change induced water stress in major glacierized mountain regions	11
Education and adaptive capacity: the influence of formal education on climate change adaptation of pastoral women	11
The limits of migration as adaptation. A conceptual approach towards the role of immobility, disconnectedness and simultaneous exposure in translocal livelihoods systems	11
Land is now the biggest gun: climate change and conflict in Karamoja, Uganda	11
Responses of the Tharu to climate change-related hazards in the water sector: Indigenous perceptions, vulnerability and adaptations in the western Tarai of Nepal	11
Assessing vulnerability of wetland fisheries to climate change: a stakeholders’ perception-based approach	11
Climate change and hunter-gatherers in montane eastern DR Congo	11
Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel	10
Integrated assessment of human vulnerability to extreme climate hazards: emerging outcomes for adaptation finance allocation in Southwest Nigeria	10
What will drive the small tea growers towards environment-friendly cultivation? Implications from the tea sector in Assam, India	10
The role of social institutions in indigenous Andean Pastoralists’ adaptation to climate-related water hazards	10
Climate change, labour availability and the future of gender inequality in South Africa	10
Climate change adaptation strategies, farm performance and poverty reduction among smallholder farming households in Ghana	10
Ways of healing in the Anthropocene	10
Framing Loss and Damage from climate change as the failure of Sustainable Development	9
Disasters and economic growth: evidence for Argentina	9
Mainstreaming forecast based action into national disaster risk management systems: experience from drought risk management in Kenya	9
Climate change, mental health and wellbeing: privileging Pacific peoples’ perspectives – phase one	9
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives: evidence from local economic development programmes in Ghana	9
Climate mainstreaming via national climate funds: the experiences of Bangladesh and Ethiopia	9
Climate change risks to human development in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of the literature	9
Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan	9
Adoption patterns of Climate-Smart Agriculture in integrated crop-livestock smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe	9
A comparative review on the mitigation strategies of urban heat island (UHI): a pathway for sustainable urban development	9
Reshaping ties to land: a systematic review of the psychosocial and cultural impacts of Pacific climate-related mobility	9
Managing multiple hazards: lessons from anticipatory humanitarian action for climate disasters during COVID-19	8
Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa: evidence from governance synergy	8
Climate change adaptation planning in remote contexts: insights from community-based natural resource management and rural development initiatives in the Pacific Islands	8
Bee mietii rak rkabni nis (The people know how to seed water): A Zapotec experience in adapting to water scarcity and drought	8
Women’s vulnerability to climate-related risks to household water security in Centre-East, Burkina Faso	8
Impacts of climatic hazards on agricultural growth in India	8
Climate-related disasters and agricultural land conversion: towards prevention policies	8
On- and non-farm adaptation in Senegal: understanding differentiation and drivers of farmer strategies	8
The role of social networks in relocation induced by climate-related hazards: an empirical investigation in China	8
Smallholder oil palm farmers’ pro-adaptation behaviour under climate impact scenario: application of protection Motivation Theory	8
Disentangling the concepts of global climate change, adaptation, and human mobility: a political-ecological exploration in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta	7
Evaluating the impact of adaptation interventions on vulnerability and livelihood resilience	7
Governance for urban resilience in popular settlements in developing countries: a case-study review	7
Storylines for decision-making: climate and food security in Namibia	7

Lived experiences of ‘peak water’ in the high mountains of Nepal and Peru	7
Best intentions and local realities: unseating assumptions about implementing planned community-based adaptation in Bangladesh	7
Effects of social capital on farmers’ choices of climate change adaptation behavior in Dazu District, China	7
The treatment of climate change impacts and adaptation in the environmental impact assessment of the standard Gauge railway project in Tanzania	7
Spatial overview of climate change impacts in Bangladesh: a systematic review	7