Climate Policy

Climate policy is a category of environmental policy comprising governmental measures, regulations, and institutional frameworks designed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and/or adapt to the impacts of climate change.

17.7K

Publications

1.3M

Citations

31.5K

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Climate Policies

Parents

Environmental Policy

Children

Buildings DecarbonizationCarbon PricingClimate EquityClimate FinanceClimate GovernanceClimate JusticeClimate LawClimate Mitigation PolicyClimate NegotiationsClimate Regulation

Publications

17.7K

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

Will Steffen, Katherine Richardson, Johan Rockström et al. · Science · 2015 · 12.2K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy +17

2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Keith Paustian, N. H. Ravindranath, A.R. van Amstel · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · 2006 · 6.7K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sciences +14

The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Kathy Hibbard et al. · Nature · 2010 · 6.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences +14

Climate Change 2014: Impacts,Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Christopher B. Field, Vicente Barros, Michael D. Mastrandrea et al. · Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) · 2014 · 6K citations

Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sciences +17

THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Keith P. Shine · Weather · 1990 · 5.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Environmental Policy +12

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Authors

31.5K

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Detlef P. van Vuuren
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands
145 publications · 25.6K citations
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Keywan Riahi
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
79 publications · 25K citations
55
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Richard S.J. Tol
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
103 publications · 11.1K citations
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Elmar Kriegler
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
69 publications · 15.1K citations
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Michel den Elzen
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands
87 publications · 11.1K citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Climate Policy
749 publications · 50.3K citations
115
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Energy Policy
623 publications · 48.4K citations
114
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Global Environmental Change
296 publications · 45.4K citations
113
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Climatic Change
535 publications · 54.6K citations
109
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Nature Climate Change
241 publications · 37.2K citations
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See also Climate Policy
Policy Instruments	Regulatory Instruments Governance Frameworks Taxation Of Carbon Emissions Cap-and-trade For Greenhouse Gases State Aid Emissions Standards Compliance
Mitigation Strategies	Carbon Pricing Carbon Sequestration Energy Efficiency Sustainable Land Use Spatial Planning Public Transit Renewable Energy Policy Analysis Fossil Fuel Phase-out Sustainable Building Retrofits Cogeneration Systems
Adaptation Strategies	Disaster Risk Reduction Water Management Coastal Management Land-use Planning Nature-based Solutions Ecological Restoration Early Warning Systems Drought-tolerant Cropping Systems Urban Flood Management Disaster Preparedness Adaptive Infrastructure Design Emergency Infrastructure Response
Governance Levels	Climate Governance Subnational Governance Regional Climate Governance Transgovernmental Networks
Implementation Barriers	Stakeholder Analysis Institutional Theory Interagency Coordination Accountability Policy Resistance