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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice	69
Smallholder farmers' use of mobile phone services in central Kenya	67
Turbulent transformation: abrupt societal disruption and climate resilient development	50
Projected climate change impacts on mean and year-to-year variability of yield of key smallholder crops in Sub-Saharan Africa	46
‘When we were children we had dreams, then we came to Dhaka to survive’: urban stories connecting loss of wellbeing, displacement and (im)mobility	42
Climate-Smart agriculture and potato production in Kenya: review of the determinants of practice	41
Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana	40
Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: where do they come from and where do they go?	38
The tragedy of climate change science	36
Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security	32
Techniques and skills of indigenous weather and seasonal climate forecast in Northern Ghana	30
Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation options to climate change in a coffee-based farming system of Southwest Ethiopia	29
Gendered dimensions of migration in relation to climate change	23
A bibliometric-qualitative literature review of green finance gap and future research directions	23
The evolution of transformational change in multilateral funds dedicated to financing adaptation to climate change	23
Climate change and development in South Africa: the impact of rising temperatures on economic productivity and labour availability	21
Harnessing indigenous knowledge for climate change-resilient water management – lessons from an ethnographic case study in Iran	20
The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020	20
Understanding gender differences in availability, accessibility and use of climate information among smallholder farmers in Malawi	20
Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa	19
Influence of social capital in adopting climate change adaptation strategies: empirical evidence from rural areas of Ambo district in Ethiopia	16
Drivers of household and agricultural adaptation to climate change in Vietnam	16
Population health risks in multi-hazard environments: action needed in the Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 – hit Sundarbans region, India	15
Can labour migration help households adapt to climate change? Evidence from four river basins in South Asia	14
Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action	14

Transforming environmental research to avoid tragedy	14
Community perceptions of climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation in the mangrove ecosystem of the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania	14
A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience	14
Promoting banana farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: the role of agricultural cooperatives	14
Examining the outcomes of urban adaptation interventions on gender equality using SDG 5	14
Farmers’ drought experience, risk perceptions, and behavioural intentions for adaptation: evidence from Ethiopia	14
Vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to environmental change in North-Western Ghana and implications for development planning	14
Effects of climate adaptation on households’ livelihood vulnerability in South Tongu and Zabzugu districts of Ghana	13
Local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands	13
Climate shocks and adaptation strategies in coastal Bangladesh: does microcredit have a part to play?	13
Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart cowpea varieties: implications for crop breeding programmes	13
Impact of natural disasters on the efficiency of agricultural production: an exemplar from rice farming in Sri Lanka	12
Education and adaptive capacity: the influence of formal education on climate change adaptation of pastoral women	11
Climate change and high-altitude food security: a small-scale study from the Karnali region in Nepal	11
Understanding the influence of Iranian farmers’ climate change beliefs on their adaptation strategies and mitigation intentions	11
WAMPUM Adaptation framework: eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security	10
Ways of healing in the Anthropocene	10
Land is now the biggest gun: climate change and conflict in Karamoja, Uganda	10
Assessing vulnerability of wetland fisheries to climate change: a stakeholders’ perception-based approach	10
Climate change and hunter-gatherers in montane eastern DR Congo	10
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives: evidence from local economic development programmes in Ghana	9
Climate change adaptation strategies, farm performance and poverty reduction among smallholder farming households in Ghana	9
Tackling knowledge and power: an environmental justice perspective on climate change adaptation in Kiribati	9
Management of small irrigation tank cascade systems (STCS) in Sri Lanka: past, present and future	9
Disasters and economic growth: evidence for Argentina	9
Climate change, labour availability and the future of gender inequality in South Africa	9
An estimate of the potential economic impacts of climate change on Egypt’s agriculture: a multi-market model approach	9
The role of social institutions in indigenous Andean Pastoralists’ adaptation to climate-related water hazards	9
Extreme heat vulnerability assessment in tropical region: a case study in Malaysia	9
Integrated assessment of human vulnerability to extreme climate hazards: emerging outcomes for adaptation finance allocation in Southwest Nigeria	9
Smallholder oil palm farmers’ pro-adaptation behaviour under climate impact scenario: application of protection Motivation Theory	8
Responses of the Tharu to climate change-related hazards in the water sector: Indigenous perceptions, vulnerability and adaptations in the western Tarai of Nepal	8
Climate change events in the Bengali migration to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh	8
Framing Loss and Damage from climate change as the failure of Sustainable Development	8
Women’s vulnerability to climate-related risks to household water security in Centre-East, Burkina Faso	8
Climate change adaptation planning in remote contexts: insights from community-based natural resource management and rural development initiatives in the Pacific Islands	8
Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel	8
Climate change, mental health and wellbeing: privileging Pacific peoples’ perspectives – phase one	8
Climate mainstreaming via national climate funds: the experiences of Bangladesh and Ethiopia	8
What will drive the small tea growers towards environment-friendly cultivation? Implications from the tea sector in Assam, India	8
Reshaping ties to land: a systematic review of the psychosocial and cultural impacts of Pacific climate-related mobility	8
Climate-related disasters and agricultural land conversion: towards prevention policies	8
Managing multiple hazards: lessons from anticipatory humanitarian action for climate disasters during COVID-19	8
The value of local climate and weather information: an economic valuation of the decentralised meteorological provision in Kenya	8
Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan	7
Lived experiences of ‘peak water’ in the high mountains of Nepal and Peru	7
A comparative review on the mitigation strategies of urban heat island (UHI): a pathway for sustainable urban development	7
Impacts of climatic hazards on agricultural growth in India	7
Effects of social capital on farmers’ choices of climate change adaptation behavior in Dazu District, China	7
Bee mietii rak rkabni nis (The people know how to seed water): A Zapotec experience in adapting to water scarcity and drought	7

Adoption patterns of Climate-Smart Agriculture in integrated crop-livestock smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe	7
The role of social networks in relocation induced by climate-related hazards: an empirical investigation in China	7
Enhancing adaptive capacity to manage climate risk in agriculture through community-led climate information centres	7
On- and non-farm adaptation in Senegal: understanding differentiation and drivers of farmer strategies	7
Best intentions and local realities: unseating assumptions about implementing planned community-based adaptation in Bangladesh	7
Climate change risks to human development in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of the literature	7