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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice	109
Climate-Smart agriculture and potato production in Kenya: review of the determinants of practice	54
The tragedy of climate change science	50
Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: where do they come from and where do they go?	49
Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana	47
A bibliometric-qualitative literature review of green finance gap and future research directions	41
Techniques and skills of indigenous weather and seasonal climate forecast in Northern Ghana	33
Harnessing indigenous knowledge for climate change-resilient water management – lessons from an ethnographic case study in Iran	26
Climate change and development in South Africa: the impact of rising temperatures on economic productivity and labour availability	26
The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020	25
Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa	23
Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action	21
A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience	21
Transforming environmental research to avoid tragedy	20
Population health risks in multi-hazard environments: action needed in the Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 – hit Sundarbans region, India	20
Vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to environmental change in North-Western Ghana and implications for development planning	19
Examining the outcomes of urban adaptation interventions on gender equality using SDG 5	19
Influence of social capital in adopting climate change adaptation strategies: empirical evidence from rural areas of Ambo district in Ethiopia	17
Community perceptions of climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation in the mangrove ecosystem of the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania	17
Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart cowpea varieties: implications for crop breeding programmes	16
Promoting banana farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: the role of agricultural cooperatives	16
Can labour migration help households adapt to climate change? Evidence from four river basins in South Asia	16
Local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands	16
WAMPUM Adaptation framework: eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security	14
Understanding the influence of Iranian farmers’ climate change beliefs on their adaptation strategies and mitigation intentions	14

Climate change and high-altitude food security: a small-scale study from the Karnali region in Nepal	14
Impact of natural disasters on the efficiency of agricultural production: an exemplar from rice farming in Sri Lanka	13
A comparative review on the mitigation strategies of urban heat island (UHI): a pathway for sustainable urban development	13
Climate change, mental health and wellbeing: privileging Pacific peoples’ perspectives – phase one	13
Climate change and hunter-gatherers in montane eastern DR Congo	13
The limits of migration as adaptation. A conceptual approach towards the role of immobility, disconnectedness and simultaneous exposure in translocal livelihoods systems	13
Climate change adaptation strategies, farm performance and poverty reduction among smallholder farming households in Ghana	13
Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel	12
Contributions of nature-based solutions to reducing people’s vulnerabilities to climate change across the rural Global South	12
Education and adaptive capacity: the influence of formal education on climate change adaptation of pastoral women	12
Responses of the Tharu to climate change-related hazards in the water sector: Indigenous perceptions, vulnerability and adaptations in the western Tarai of Nepal	12
Climate-related disasters and agricultural land conversion: towards prevention policies	12
Adaptation to climate change induced water stress in major glacierized mountain regions	12
Climate change, labour availability and the future of gender inequality in South Africa	12
Assessing vulnerability of wetland fisheries to climate change: a stakeholders’ perception-based approach	12
Tackling knowledge and power: an environmental justice perspective on climate change adaptation in Kiribati	12
Extreme heat vulnerability assessment in tropical region: a case study in Malaysia	12
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives: evidence from local economic development programmes in Ghana	11
Framing Loss and Damage from climate change as the failure of Sustainable Development	11
The impact of climate change on coffee production of small farmers and their adaptation strategies: a review	11
The role of social institutions in indigenous Andean Pastoralists’ adaptation to climate-related water hazards	11
Land is now the biggest gun: climate change and conflict in Karamoja, Uganda	11
Disasters and economic growth: evidence for Argentina	10
Ways of healing in the Anthropocene	10
Spatial overview of climate change impacts in Bangladesh: a systematic review	10
How do farmer’s disaster experiences influence their climate change perception and adaptation?	10
Integrated assessment of human vulnerability to extreme climate hazards: emerging outcomes for adaptation finance allocation in Southwest Nigeria	10
Climate change risks to human development in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of the literature	10
Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan	9
Climate mainstreaming via national climate funds: the experiences of Bangladesh and Ethiopia	9
Reshaping ties to land: a systematic review of the psychosocial and cultural impacts of Pacific climate-related mobility	9
Storylines for decision-making: climate and food security in Namibia	9
Adoption patterns of Climate-Smart Agriculture in integrated crop-livestock smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe	9
What will drive the small tea growers towards environment-friendly cultivation? Implications from the tea sector in Assam, India	9
Managing multiple hazards: lessons from anticipatory humanitarian action for climate disasters during COVID-19	9
Mainstreaming forecast based action into national disaster risk management systems: experience from drought risk management in Kenya	9
Impacts of climatic hazards on agricultural growth in India	9
Impact of smallholder farmers’ climate-smart adaptation practices on wheat yield in southern Ethiopia	8
Bee mietii rak rkabni nis (The people know how to seed water): A Zapotec experience in adapting to water scarcity and drought	8
Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa: evidence from governance synergy	8
Don’t gloss over social science! a response to: Glavovic et al. (2021) ‘the tragedy of climate change science’	8
The treatment of climate change impacts and adaptation in the environmental impact assessment of the standard Gauge railway project in Tanzania	8
The role of social networks in relocation induced by climate-related hazards: an empirical investigation in China	8
Effects of social capital on farmers’ choices of climate change adaptation behavior in Dazu District, China	8
Disentangling the concepts of global climate change, adaptation, and human mobility: a political-ecological exploration in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta	8
On- and non-farm adaptation in Senegal: understanding differentiation and drivers of farmer strategies	8
Climate change adaptation planning in remote contexts: insights from community-based natural resource management and rural development initiatives in the Pacific Islands	8
Governance for urban resilience in popular settlements in developing countries: a case-study review	7
Much ado about nothing? Why adaptation measurement matters	7
Voices of contention: the value of development narratives in the age of climate (change) migration misconceptions	7

Evaluating the impact of adaptation interventions on vulnerability and livelihood resilience	7
The complementarity and determinants of adoption of climate change adaptation strategies: evidence from smallholder farmers in Northwest Ethiopia	7
Networking for gender equitable climate-smart agriculture	7
Activating transformation: integrating interior dimensions of climate change in adaptation planning	7
Collective action by community groups: solutions for climate change or different players in the same game?	7
Lived experiences of ‘peak water’ in the high mountains of Nepal and Peru	7
Moving beyond stereotypes: the role of gender in the environmental change and human mobility nexus	7
Health system resilience to extreme weather events in Asia-Pacific: a scoping review	7
Managing vulnerability in the Green Climate Fund	7
Climate change impacts on non-timber forest products: NTFP-dependent community responses from India	7
Integrating climate-smart agri-innovative technology adoption and agribusiness management skills to improve the livelihoods of smallholder female cocoa farmers in Ghana	7