Most cited papers in Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 135 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 6 | Climate change impacts and adaptation in cities: a review of the literature Alistair S. P. Hunt, Paul Watkiss · Climatic Change | 7 Dec 2010 | 785 |
| 7 | Local Government and the Governing of Climate Change in Germany and the UK Harriet Bulkeley, Kristine Kern · Urban Studies | Nov 2006 | 709 |
| 8 | An assessment of the total external costs of UK agriculture Jules Pretty, Callaway M. Brett, David J. Gee et al. · Agricultural Systems | Aug 2000 | 565 |
| 9 | IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) Virginia S.G. Murray, Kristie L. Ebi · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health | 5 Jul 2012 | 563 |
| 10 | The Science of Adaptation: A Framework for Assessment Barry E. Smit, Ian Burton, Richard J. T. Klein et al. · Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | Sep 1999 | 562 |
| 11 | Climate change 2007: lifting the taboo on adaptation. Roger A. Pielke, Gwyn Prins, Steve Rayner et al. · PubMed | 8 Feb 2007 | 562 |
| 12 | The Excess Heat Factor: A Metric for Heatwave Intensity and Its Use in Classifying Heatwave Severity John Nairn, Robert Fawcett · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 23 Dec 2014 | 482 |
| 13 | Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities? Suraje Dessai, Mike Hulme · Climate Policy | 2004 | 478 |
| 14 | Climate change 1995: The science of climate change. Contribution of working group I to the second assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change John M. R. Stone · Global Environmental Change | Jul 1997 | 471 |
| 15 | The UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles C. McSweeney, Mark George New, Gil Lizcano et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Oct 2009 | 466 |
| 16 | Quantifying Economic Damages from Climate Change Maximilian Auffhammer · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 2018 | 462 |
| 17 | Escalating impacts of climate extremes on critical infrastructures in Europe Forzieri Giovanni, Alessandra Bianchi, Filipe Batista e Silva et al. · Global Environmental Change | 25 Nov 2017 | 419 |
| 18 | The Social Cost of Carbon and its Policy Implications David Pearce · Oxford Review of Economic Policy | Sep 2003 | 418 |
| 19 | The IPCC AR5 guidance note on consistent treatment of uncertainties: a common approach across the working groups Michael D. Mastrandrea, Katharine J. Mach, Gian‐Kasper Plattner et al. · Climatic Change | 17 Aug 2011 | 390 |
| 20 | Physical characteristics of vegetable foodstuffs that could influence bowel function Andrew McConnell, M. A. Eastwood, William D. Mitchell · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | Dec 1974 | 386 |
| 21 | The Use and Misuse of Models for Climate Policy Robert S. Pindyck · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy | 8 Nov 2016 | 371 |
| 22 | Migration and climate change: examining thresholds of change to guide effective adaptation decision-making Douglas K. Bardsley, Graeme John Hugo · Population and Environment | 25 Sep 2010 | 370 |
| 23 | Climate change in Malaysia: Trends, contributors, impacts, mitigation and adaptations Kuok Ho Daniel Tang · The Science of The Total Environment | 25 Sep 2018 | 354 |
| 24 | The 2 °C Global Temperature Target and the Evolution of the Long-Term Goal of Addressing Climate Change—From the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to the Paris Agreement Yun Gao, Xiang Gao, Xiaohua Zhang · Engineering | Apr 2017 | 349 |
| 25 | China's renewable energy law and policy: A critical review Junxia Liu · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 23 Oct 2018 | 333 |
| 26 | Flood risk perception in lands “protected” by 100-year levees Jessica Ludy, G. Matt Kondolf · Natural Hazards | 3 Jan 2012 | 323 |
| 27 | Adaptation and mitigation: trade-offs in substance and methods Richard S.J. Tol · Environmental Science & Policy | 21 Oct 2005 | 308 |
| 28 | Renewable energy in eastern Asia: Renewable energy policy review and comparative SWOT analysis for promoting renewable energy in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan Weiming Chen, Hana Kim, Yamaguchi Hideka · Energy Policy | 16 Sep 2014 | 307 |
| 29 | Anticipating futures through models: the rise of Integrated Assessment Modelling in the climate science-policy interface since 1970 Lisette van Beek, Maarten A. Hajer, Peter Pelzer et al. · Global Environmental Change | Nov 2020 | 297 |
| 30 | Adaptation to climate change at local level in Europe: An overview Francisca Constança Aguiar, Julia Bentz, João M. N. Silva et al. · Environmental Science & Policy | 11 May 2018 | 295 |
| 31 | General Overview of Climate Change Impacts in Nigeria Peter Akpodiogaga-a, Ovuyovwiroye Odjugo · Journal of Human Ecology | 2010 | 287 |
| 32 | Millions at risk: defining critical climate change threats and targets Martin L. Parry, Nigel W. Arnell, Tony McMichael et al. · Global Environmental Change | Oct 2001 | 287 |
| 33 | Future demographic change and its interactions with migration and climate change Graeme John Hugo · Global Environmental Change | 21 Oct 2011 | 279 |
| 34 | Adapting to climate change in The Netherlands: an inventory of climate adaptation options and ranking of alternatives Karianne de Bruin, Rob Dellink, Arjan Ruijs et al. · Climatic Change | 9 Apr 2009 | 274 |
| 35 | A history of international climate change policy Joyeeta Gupta · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change | Sep 2010 | 264 |
| 36 | The political sustainability of climate policy: The case of the UK Climate Change Act Matthew Lockwood · Global Environmental Change | 13 Aug 2013 | 263 |
| 37 | The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers Peter C. Frumhoff, Richard Heede, Наоми Орескес · Climatic Change | 22 Jul 2015 | 257 |
| 38 | Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry Joeri Rogelj, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Claudine Chen et al. · Nature | Apr 2010 | 256 |
| 39 | PLANNED DELIVERY Colm O’Herlihy, Dermot MacDonald · The Lancet | Jul 1975 | 250 |
| 40 | VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Ian Burton · Climatic Change | May 1997 | 249 |
| 41 | Global climate change and human health: Pathways and possible solutions Qi Zhao, Pei Yu, Rahini Mahendran et al. · Eco-Environment & Health | 7 May 2022 | 248 |
| 42 | Integration of mitigation and adaptation in urban climate change action plans in Europe: A systematic assessment Stelios Grafakos et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 7 Jan 2020 | 245 |
| 43 | Scenario analysis on CO2 emissions reduction potential in China's iron and steel industry Ke Wang, Can Wang, Xuedu Lu et al. · Energy Policy | 11 Oct 2006 | 240 |
| 44 | What Do We Mean by Sustainable Finance? Assessing Existing Frameworks and Policy Risks Marco Migliorelli · Sustainability | 19 Jan 2021 | 229 |
| 45 | Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change Richard Dawson, Tom Ball, Jonathan Werritty et al. · Global Environmental Change | 26 Feb 2011 | 228 |
| 46 | An alternate approach to assessing climate risks Casey Brown, Robert Leonard Wilby · Eos | 8 Oct 2012 | 224 |
| 47 | The dynamics of the ecological footprint concept Robert Costanza | 2000 | 218 |
| 48 | Adapting to climate change: Public water supply in England and Wales Nigel W. Arnell, Enda Delaney · Climatic Change | 28 Mar 2006 | 216 |
| 49 | The private sector’s climate change risk and adaptation blind spots Allie Goldstein, Will R. Turner, Jillian Gladstone et al. · Nature Climate Change | 3 Dec 2018 | 213 |
| 50 | A climate modelling primer MacGuffie, Kendal, Ann Henderson-Sellers | 2005 | 212 |
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