PLOS Climate: Politics & Justice section

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SECTION SCOPE

The PLOS Climate Politics & Justice section covers all aspects of climate politics and climate justice, including (but not limited to):

Climate negotiations
Just transitions
Collective action
Youth climate movements
Loss and damage
Human rights
Domestic/national politics
Climate obstruction
Ecological justice and climate change
Social justice, equity and fairness
Responsibility and obligation

For more information on the scope and aims of the section, please see this short description by Section Editor Paul G. Harris.

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

Corvino F (2025) Luxury-focused climate mitigation policies: A comparative ethical analysis. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000740. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000740

Harris PG (2025) China’s supposed leadership on climate change: Action vs. obstruction in an authoritarian state. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000726. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000726

Mansur AV, Neidig J, Zafra-Calvo N (2025) Challenges of pluralizing knowledge(s) in climate related decision-making. PLOS Clim 4(6): e0000658. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000658

Tafon R, Saunders F (2025) Toward transformative youth climate justice: Why youth agency is important and six critical areas for transformative youth activism, policy, and research. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000472. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000472

Harris PG (2025) COP29: From mitigation tragedy to finance farce. PLOS Clim 4(3): e0000588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000588

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

Hendlin YH, Palazzo FP (2025) Compartmentalization by industry and government inhibits addressing climate denial. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000552. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000552

Dinan W, Esteves V, Harkins S, Hills S (2025) Climate dissociations: Trade associations, energy policy and climate communications in Europe. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000467

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

Dupar M (2024) Why ecosystem-based adaptation and gender justice go hand in hand. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000507. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000507

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

Schuldt NJ, Stuart-Smith RF, Wetzer T (2024) Strategies for navigating competing climate science in human rights courts. PLOS Clim 3(8): e0000462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000462

Mandalapu A, Seong K, Jiao J (2024) Evaluating urban fire vulnerability and accessibility to fire stations and hospitals in Austin, Texas. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000448. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000448

Harris PG (2024) COP28: Loss and damage, fossil fuels and the limits of climate diplomacy. PLOS Clim 3(1): e0000351. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000351

Arango-Quiroga J, Kinol A, Kuhl L (2023) Examining knowledge and epistemic justice in the design of nature-based solutions for water management. PLOS Clim 2(9): e0000194. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000194

Starr J, Nicolson C, Ash M, Markowitz EM, Moran D (2023) Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance. PLOS Clim 2(8): e0000190. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000190

Edwards G, Gellert PK, Faruque O, Hochstetler K, McElwee PD, Kaswhan P, et al. (2023) Climate obstruction in the Global South: Future research trajectories. PLOS Clim 2(7): e0000241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000241

Cislak A, Wójcik AD, Borkowska J, Milfont TL (2023) Secure and defensive forms of national identity and public support for climate policies. PLOS Clim 2(6): e0000146. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000146

Mejía-Duwan J, Hino M, Mach KJ (2023) Emissions redistribution and environmental justice implications of California’s clean vehicle rebate project. PLOS Clim 2(5): e0000183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000183

Jerez Columbié Y (2023) An Atlantic eco-poetics of relations: Intercultural communication and Caribbean decolonising approaches to face the climate crisis. PLOS Clim 2(4): e0000187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000187

Jodoin S, Buettgen A, Groce N, Gurung P, Kaiser C, Kett M, et al. (2023) Nothing about us without us: The urgent need for disability-inclusive climate research. PLOS Clim 2(3): e0000153. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000153

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