Climate Change Policy and Economics
Climate Change Policy and Economics is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1951. 38.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the economic implications of climate change policies, including the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, energy transition, and mitigation strategies. It explores various policy instruments such as carbon pricing and examines the socioeconomic pathways related to climate change. The research also delves into the potential global warming effects and the assessment of different environmental policies.
- Climate Change
- Economic Impacts
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Policy Instruments
- Carbon Pricing
- Socioeconomic Pathways
- Energy Transition
- Global Warming
- Mitigation Strategies
- Environmental Policy
- Research works
- 40k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 16k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 38.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Climate Change Policy and Economics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.7k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 United Kingdom 634 works
- 4 Germany 564 works
- 5 France 385 works
- 6 India 346 works
- 7 Italy 298 works
- 8 Türkiye 255 works
- 9 Spain 247 works
- 10 Australia 224 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.
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Which institutions lead Climate Change Policy and Economics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Climate Change Policy and Economics research, followed by Tsinghua University and Xiamen University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Oxford United Kingdom 56 works
- 2 Tsinghua University China 53 works
- 3 Xiamen University China 41 works
- 4 North China Electric Power University China 40 works
- 5 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom 35 works
- 6 Wuhan University China 34 works
- 7 Beijing Institute of Technology China 32 works
- 8 Peking University China 32 works
- 9 Renmin University of China China 31 works
- 10 University College London United Kingdom 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Climate Change Policy and Economics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate Change Policy and Economics include M. Hashem Pesaran.
- 1 M. Hashem Pesaran 9.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Climate Change Policy and Economics research done?
The largest centres of Climate Change Policy and Economics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Laxenburg and Bengbu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LaxenburgAT · 23.5 works78×
- BengbuCN · 21.4 works8.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Climate Change Policy and Economics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Climate Change Policy and Economics?
Among universities, judged by research, Lebanese American University, Azerbaijan State University of Economics and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University Lebanon | 73.6 | 88.2% | 11.9× | 14 | — |
| 2 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics Azerbaijan | 69.4 | 82.8% | 26.9× | 15 | — |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics China | 68.9 | 55.6% | 15.4× | 21 | +228.7% |
| 4 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China | 68.4 | 58.2% | 20.9× | 30 | +90.5% |
| 5 | Bucharest University of Economic Studies Romania | 67.9 | 44.4% | 16.1× | 28 | +337.4% |
| 6 | European University of Lefke Türkiye | 67.4 | 84.0% | 56.0× | 11 | — |
| 7 | University of Business and Technology Saudi Arabia | 66.3 | 75.5% | 10.7× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics China | 65.5 | 58.4% | 16.9× | 13 | +210.7% |
| 9 | University of International Business and Economics China | 64.3 | 76.0% | 24.7× | 24 | -41.6% |
| 10 | Jiangsu University China | 63.5 | 76.3% | 3.7× | 28 | +211.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Climate Change Policy and Economics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Climate Change Policy and Economics.
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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.