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Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Climate Change and Sustainable Development is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 3k research works in it since 1951. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of climate change and sustainable development, covering topics such as energy policy, environmental policy, water resources, carbon footprint, urban planning, renewable energy, and flood risk. It explores the challenges and potential solutions related to climate change and its impact on various aspects of human society and the environment.

  • Climate Change
  • Sustainable Development
  • Energy Policy
  • Environmental Policy
  • Water Resources
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Urban Planning
  • Renewable Energy
  • Flood Risk
  • Emissions Trading
Research works
3k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
322
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+61%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
17% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Which countries lead Climate Change and Sustainable Development research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (103 and 102 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 103 works
  2. 2 United States 102 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 73 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 62 works
  5. 5 Japan 55 works
  6. 6 China 53 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 49 works
  8. 8 India 46 works
  9. 9 Australia 35 works
  10. 10 France 33 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 16.8%United States: 16.7%Nigeria: 12.0%United Kingdom: 10.1%6 others listed: 44.4%17%largest
Germany103 · 16.8%United States102 · 16.7%Nigeria73 · 12.0%United Kingdom62 · 10.1%6 others listed271 · 44.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Climate Change and Sustainable Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Climate Change and Sustainable Development research, followed by RWTH Aachen University and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  2. 2 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 6 works
  3. 3 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 5 works
  4. 4 TU WienAustria 5 works
  5. 5 Leibniz AssociationGermany 5 works
  6. 6 The University of QueenslandAustralia 5 works
  7. 7 The University of MelbourneAustralia 4 works
  8. 8 Kyoto UniversityJapan 4 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Climate Change and Sustainable Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development include Philippe Ciais, Pierre Friedlingstein and Philip Douglas Jones.

  1. 1 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Friedlingstein United Kingdom 127k citations
  3. 3 Philip Douglas Jones United Kingdom 126k citations
  4. 4 Detlef Peter van Vuuren Netherlands 126k citations
  5. 5 John Allen Rogers United States 115k citations
  6. 6 Michael Berk Australia 110k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Climate Change and Sustainable Development?

The most cited paper in Climate Change and Sustainable Development is "Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change" (Stéphane Hallegatte, 2009), with 1,352 citations. Next come "Climate change—The IPCC scientific assessment" (1,308) and "Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health" (1,061).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change Stéphane Hallegatte · Global Environmental Change 22 Feb 2009 1,352
2 Climate change—The IPCC scientific assessment J.T. Houghton · Environment International 1991 1,308
3 Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health Andy Haines, Sari Kovats, Diarmid H. Campbell-Lendrum et al. · Public Health 21 Mar 2006 1,061
4 Climate Change: The Ultimate Challenge for Economics William D. Nordhaus · American Economic Review 31 May 2019 948
5 Adaptation planning for climate change: concepts, assessment approaches, and key lessons Hans‐Martin Füssel · Sustainability Science 8 Aug 2007 872
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Where is Climate Change and Sustainable Development research done?

The largest centres of Climate Change and Sustainable Development research in 2022-now are Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China) and Washington D.C. (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TokyoJapan 21 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 18 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 15 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C.United States 14 works
  5. 5 BerlinGermany 10 works
  6. 6 ViennaAustria 10 works
  7. 7 BrisbaneAustralia 10 works
  8. 8 AnkaraTürkiye 10 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 9 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 8 works
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Is Climate Change and Sustainable Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Climate Change and Sustainable Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Climate Change and Sustainable Development over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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