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The PLOS Climate Policy & Governance section covers all aspects of policy-based responses to climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, including (but not limited to):

Domestic policy
International governance and policy
Local governance
Policy design and implementation
Measuring policy impact

Read about our editors’ vision for PLOS Climate’s Policy & Governance section in the Editorial “Confronting challenges and opportunities in climate policy and governance”.

For a full list of the Academic Editors serving in this section, please visit the PLOS Climate editorial board page.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SECTION

McElwee P, Harrison PA (2025) Time to act across crises: Lessons from the Nexus Assessment for UNFCCC COP 30. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000730. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730

Ainscough J, Willis R (2025) Is there a public mandate for restricting advertising of high-carbon products and services?: Citizens’ jury and public polling evidence from the UK. PLOS Clim 4(9): e0000599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000599

Jacobs JW, Khan SS (2025) Erasing the evidence: United States climate rollbacks and the implications for public health. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000667. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000667

Suter M, Strahm N, Bundeli T, Kaessner K, Cologna V, Oreskes N, et al. (2025) Green growth beliefs: Investigating factors associated with expert opinions on green growth. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000597. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000597

Sareen S, Meelen T, Haarstad H, Biswas S (2025) Towards dynamic evaluations: Assessing the politics of Stavanger’s free public transport experiment. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000604

Gupta A, van Asselt H, van Deursen M, Agarwal R, Biesbroek R, Weikmans R, et al. (2025) Climate transparency’s unmet promises: A necessary stocktaking. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000613. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000613

Bernauer T, Böhmelt T, Henninger E (2025) Shifting environmental pollution abroad contributes to lower emissions in democracies. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000602. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000602

Brugnach M, Ruiz I, Zafra-Calvo N, Vivas LD, María José Sanz (2025) Advancing decision-making amid uncertainty in water governance and management under climate change. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000617. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000617

Boasson EL, Peters GP, Tosun J (2025) Policy-driven acceleration of climate action. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000626

Panda A, Shears E, Schenuit F, Gong W, Egli F (2025) A framework to assess green industrial policy and inform the public debate. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000614. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000614

Bétaille J, Chapron G (2025) KlimaSeniorinnen case: Climate change legal scholarship needs empiricism, not hype. PLOS Clim 4(3): e0000589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000589

Tucci G, Carneiro B, Caroli G, Pacillo G (2025) Who talks about climate, peace and security? A social media analysis to identify key global actors. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000502. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000502

Nestor MA (2025) Bridging the gap between international climate goals and local realities. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000575

Barrins J, McKeown PC, Murray U, Spillane C (2025) What constitutes “institutional arrangements” for Member State reporting within the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement? PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000327. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000327

Kinol A, Si Y, Kinol J, Stephens JC (2025) Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000370

Michel V, Eghdami S, Shafiee-Jood M, Louis G (2024) Addressing social equity in coastal climate adaptation planning: A case study of Norfolk, Virginia. PLOS Clim 3(12): e0000516. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000516

Stockhause M, Huard D, Al Khourdajie A, Gutiérrez JM, Kawamiya M, Klutse NAB, et al. (2024) Implementing FAIR data principles in the IPCC seventh assessment cycle: Lessons learned and future prospects. PLOS Clim 3(12): e0000533. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000533

Nagarajan C, Vivekananda J, Pham-Duc B, Sylvestre F, Pohl B, Morales Munoz H (2024) Peace in an extreme climate: How climate-related security risks affect prospects for stability in Lake Chad. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000314

Morton K, Dolsak N, Prakash A (2024) Issue linkage and climate votes in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2007–2020. PLOS Clim 3(9): e0000440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000440

Diedrich G (2024) Evaluating local climate policy: Municipal action plans through the lens of resilience and environmental justice. PLOS Clim 3(9): e0000395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000395

Mix EC, Noltner A, Jenicek A, Veith C, Bostrom A, Donatuto J, et al. (2024) The whole community? Assessing FEMA’s inclusion of Tribal governments in hazard mitigation efforts. PLOS Clim 3(8): e0000479. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000479

Engdaw MM, Mayanja B, Rose S, Loboguerrero AM, Ghosh A (2024) Bridging evidence gaps in attributing loss and damage, and measures to minimize impacts. PLOS Clim 3(8): e0000477. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000477

Lee S, Peng T-Q, Goldberg MH, Rosenthal SA, Kotcher JE, Maibach EW, et al. (2024) Can large language models estimate public opinion about global warming? An empirical assessment of algorithmic fidelity and bias. PLOS Clim 3(8): e0000429. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000429

Brimicombe C, Runkle JD, Tuholske C, Domeisen DIV, Gao C, Toftum J, et al. (2024) Preventing heat-related deaths: The urgent need for a global early warning system for heat. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000437. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000437

Howarth C, Brogan J, Bryant S, Curran B, Duncan A, Fankhauser S, et al. (2024) The importance of place in climate action. PLOS Clim 3(6): e0000425. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000425

Biermann F, Gupta A (2024) A paradigm shift? African countries call for the non-use of solar geoengineering at UN Environment Assembly. PLOS Clim 3(5): e0000413. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000413

Scheuch EG (2024) Price and party: The importance of partisanship and cost in American climate public opinion. PLOS Clim 3(5): e0000306. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000306

Hardt JN, Jayaram D, Harrington C, McLaren D, Simpson NP, Cook ADB, et al. (2024) The challenges of the increasing institutionalization of climate security. PLOS Clim 3(4): e0000402. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000402

Bhandary RR (2024) The role of institutional design in mobilizing climate finance: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. PLOS Clim 3(3): e0000246. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000246

Fesenfeld L, Beiser-McGrath L, Sun Y, Wicki M, Bernauer T (2024) Systematic mapping of climate and environmental framing experiments and re-analysis with computational methods points to omitted interaction bias. PLOS Clim 3(2): e0000297. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000297

Khanal S, Bolte G, Boeckmann M (2024) Sector silos in climate action- A missed opportunity to prioritize health equity. PLOS Clim 3(2): e0000349. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000349

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