OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Climate Policy is 10. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Equitable marine carbon dioxide removal: the legal basis for interstate benefit-sharing	105
Corporate opposition to climate change disclosure regulation in the United States	102
The geography of avoided deforestation and sustainable forest management offsets: the enduring question of additionality	98
Anticipatory climate policy mix pathways: a framework for ex-ante construction and assessment applied to the road transport sector	93
The green transition in emerging economies: green bond issuance in Brazil and China	92
A real options approach to assessing the cost savings potential of renewable energy adoption among SMEs in Ghana	60
The politics of phasing out fossil fuels: party positions and voter reactions in Norway	58
Pilot policies for low-carbon cities in China: a study of the impact on green finance development and energy carbon efficiency	57
Evaluating policy coherence and integration for adaptation: the case of EU policies and Arctic cross-border climate change impacts	55
How to govern carbon dioxide removal: an assessment framework for policy instruments	50
Designing a macroprudential capital buffer for climate-related risks: an application to transition risk	50
Human rights and the Warsaw International Mechanism: an interdisciplinary approach to overcome a financial gridlock	48
Can conditional cash transfers reduce vulnerability to climate change?	46
Climate policy and financial system stability: evidence from Chinese fund markets	45
Policy support in promoting green bonds in Asia: empirical evidence	44
From silos to joined-up government? Examining national climate policy integration in Ethiopia	41
Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions	40
Nature to the rescue: past drivers and future potential of the Australian land-based carbon offsets market	40
Implementing nationally determined contributions under the Paris agreement: an assessment of climate finance in Caribbean small island developing states	39
Carbon taxes and agriculture: the benefit of a multilateral agreement	37
Definitions and accounting of climate finance: between divergence and constructive ambiguity	36
Climate policy in an era of polycrisis and opportunities in systems transformations	35
A coordination failure between EU climate policies exemplified by the North Sea energy island	34
A 10-point plan to scale up renewable energy in the Global South	33
Sea level rise, claims-making and managed retreat in Fairbourne, North Wales	32

The pending commitment and ongoing political divide on carbon pricing in Japan	31
Correction	31
Public debt and intergenerational ethics: how to fund a clean technology ‘Apollo program’?	31
Capacity building as the cornerstone of the climate change regime: evolution of the agenda through a policy-practitioner view from Brazil	31
Transformational adaptation and country ownership: competing priorities in international adaptation finance	31
Leading by example: spillover effects of municipal climate protection leadership on citizens’ climate protection activities	31
A mission perspective on emissions reduction at the city level: the case of Glasgow, Scotland	29
Post-2025 climate finance target: how much more and how much better?	28
Challenges and opportunities for universities in building adaptive capacities for sustainability: lessons from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean	28
The knowledge politics of capacity building for climate change at the UNFCCC	28
Averaging or multi-year accounting? Environmental integrity implications for using international carbon markets in the context of single-year targets	28
The animal agriculture industry’s obstruction of campaigns promoting individual climate action	27
Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental and livestock keeper perspectives	27
Identifying scenarios for renewable energy development in Iran: the role of collaborative governance	27
Passenger transport decarbonization in emerging economies: policy lessons from modelling long-term deep decarbonization pathways	27
Ecosystem-based adaptation to address urbanization and climate change challenges: the case of China’s sponge city initiative	26
Multinationals, research and development, and carbon emissions: international evidence	25
Overcoming misleading carbon footprints in the financial sector	24
Global guidelines, local interpretations: ethnography of climate policy implementation in Mapuche territory, Southern Chile	24
Social justice in the context of climate policy: systematizing the variety of inequality dimensions, social impacts, and justice principles	23
Impact of ideology on individuals’ attitudes to a climate-motivated tax on food	22
Stakeholder-based modelling in climate change planning for the agriculture sector in Argentina	22
Reconsidering National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as a Policy Framework under the UNFCCC	22
Carbon farming in India: are the existing projects inclusive, additional, and permanent?	22
The ‘national turn’ in climate change loss and damage governance research: constructing the L&D policy landscape in Tuvalu	20
Bilateral finance organizations and stranded asset risk in coal: the case of Japan	20
Do CO₂ emissions trading schemes deliver co-benefits? Evidence from Shanghai	20
Net zero by choice? Oil and gas industry motivations for the energy transition and public policy in Scotland	19
Climate policy at the Bank of England: the possibilities and limits of green central banking	19
Scenarios for different ‘Future Indias’: sharpening energy and climate modelling tools	19
Beyond fuel: the case for a wider perspective on shipping and climate change	18
Public support for flood adaptation policy in Tokyo lowland areas	17
How well are universities adapting to climate change? Insights from Australia	17
National ‘fair shares’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the principled framework of international environmental law	17
How are climate policies assessed in emerging economies? A study of ex-ante policy appraisal in Brazil, China, and India	17
Adaptation for whom? Understanding the impacts of dyke policies on small-scale farmers in Ca Mau Province of Vietnam ¹	17
Climate resilience action to policy: embodied community-based climate risk resilience (CBCRR) in drought prone community in Thailand’s economic corridor	17
Turning out the light: criteria for determining the sequencing of countries phasing out oil extraction and the just transition implications	17
Sharing the decarbonisation effort: getting Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East countries on the road to global carbon neutrality	16
Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal	16
Implications of the consumption-based accounting for future national emissions budgets	16
Banks’ climate commitments and credit to carbon-intensive industries: new evidence for France	16
Impacts of the CBAM on EU trade partners: consequences for developing countries	16
Farmer extension facilitators as a pathway for climate smart agriculture: evidence from southern Malawi	16
The policy coordinator role of national development banks in scaling climate finance: Evidence from the renewable energy sector	16
The Triple Challenge: synergies, trade-offs and integrated responses for climate, biodiversity, and human wellbeing goals	16
Unlocking the flow of finance for climate adaptation: estimates of ‘Fiscal Space’ in climate-vulnerable developing countries	15
A systematic review of Nepalese farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies	15
Nationally determined contributions to the 2015 Paris Agreement goals: transparency in communications from developing country Parties	15
Assessment of agricultural emissions, climate change mitigation and adaptation practices in Ethiopia	15

A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation	15
Agroforestry as land-based carbon dioxide removal in central Europe: tensions between institutions, interests, and ideas hindering scaling up	15
CCUS As a second-best choice for China's carbon neutrality: an institutional analysis	15
What drives adaptive behaviours during heatwaves? A systematic review with a meta-analysis	14
Unlocking climate finance for social protection: an analysis of the Green Climate Fund	14
A missing link? The role of international organizations in climate-related planned relocation	14
Quantifying climate finance needs in the nationally determined contributions of developing countries	14
Quantifying international public finance for climate change adaptation in Africa	14
Developing an Ad Hominem typology for classifying climate misinformation	14
Linking science and action to improve public health capacity for climate preparedness in lower- and middle-income countries	13
The relationship between a ‘polluter pays’ approach to carbon capture, regional policy and ‘just transition’ employment agendas	13
Banks’ climate commitments: a silver lining for climate action or just hot air? First evidence from the Swiss mortgage business	13
Farmers’ adaptations strategies towards soil salinity effects in agriculture: the interior coast of Bangladesh	13
Carbon stocks and sequestration from small tree patches in grassland landscapes in Aotearoa-New Zealand	13
Deconstructing corporate net-zero and climate neutrality targets in the German chemical industry	13
Green finance in Asia: challenges, policies and avenues for research	13
Evaluating the enhancement of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of developing countries: an international support programme perspective	13
A Green Fiscal Pact for the EU: increasing climate investments while consolidating budgets	13
Transparency is what states make of it: whose climate priorities are reflected in the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework?	13
Bargaining powers in cooperative Carbon Dioxide Removal deployment	12
Communicating climate change as a generational issue: experimental effects on youth worry, motivation and belief in collective action	12
Oil and gas just transitions: an introduction to the special issue	12
Public acceptability of policy instruments for reducing fossil fuel consumption in East Africa	12
Conflict sensitive climate finance: lessons from the Green Climate Fund	12
Exploring the influence of financial development on climate physical risk: insights from China	12
Public support for phasing out carbon-intensive technologies: the end of the road for conventional cars in Germany?	12
Methodology to analyse the impact of an emissions trading system in Chile	12
Mainstreaming climate adaptation into urban development projects in the Netherlands: private sector drivers and municipal policy instruments	12
Climate justice and a fair allocation of national greenhouse gas emissions	11
Going green, growing strong: how climate policy boosts US companies performance	11
Do impoverished regions benefit from climate change mitigation measures? Evidence from the Forest Carbon Sink Project in China	11
Reevaluating fair carbon emissions for households in Japan: basic energy needs and subsistence CO ₂ emissions	11
Understanding vulnerability and building resilience in small-scale fisheries: the case of Davao Gulf, Philippines	11
A pathway design framework for national freight transport decarbonization strategies	11
Governing offshore wind: is an ‘Asia-Pacific Model’ emerging?	11
Network structures, environmental technology and contagion	11
Factors affecting the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in municipal policy and practice: a systematic review	10
National GHG inventory capacity in developing countries – a global assessment of progress	10
Contribution of carbon pricing to meeting a mid-century net zero target	10
Evaluating long-term low emission development strategies and implications for the remaining global carbon budget	10
Concept of climate-charged airspaces: a potential policy instrument for internalizing aviation's climate impact of non-CO₂ effects	10
Scorching doubts: unveiling climate change skepticism among Gulf Cooperation Council residents	10
Assessing state compliance with multilateral climate transparency requirements: ‘Transparency Adherence Indices’ and their research and policy implications	10