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The Widening Scope of Just Transitions Research: A Review of an Emblematic Concept 公正转换研究范围的扩大：一个象征概念的回顾

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70040

Victoria Wibeck, Ardiana Jaku, Sejin Lee, Björn-Ola Linnér

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The Widening Scope of Just Transitions Research: A Review of an Emblematic Concept 公正转换研究范围的扩大：一个象征概念的回顾

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70040

Victoria Wibeck, Ardiana Jaku, Sejin Lee, Björn-Ola Linnér

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Unravelling the Policy-to-Implementation Gap: Climate Adaptation Governance Arrangements in Medium-Sized Cities 缩小政策与实施差距：中等城市气候适应治理安排

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70042

Allard Hans Roest, Britta Restemeyer, Margo van den Brink, Ina Horlings, Floris Cornelis Boogaard

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Unravelling the Policy-to-Implementation Gap: Climate Adaptation Governance Arrangements in Medium-Sized Cities 缩小政策与实施差距：中等城市气候适应治理安排

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70042

Allard Hans Roest, Britta Restemeyer, Margo van den Brink, Ina Horlings, Floris Cornelis Boogaard

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Meshing or Clashing Gears? Design (In)Coherences Between the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products and Third Country Environmental Regulations 啮合还是碰撞齿轮？欧盟无毁林产品法规与第三国环境法规之间的一致性设计

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70041

R. F. Ziegert, L. Berning, M. Cramm, S. Wunder, C. Azevedo-Ramos, M. Sotirov

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Meshing or Clashing Gears? Design (In)Coherences Between the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products and Third Country Environmental Regulations 啮合还是碰撞齿轮？欧盟无毁林产品法规与第三国环境法规之间的一致性设计

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70041

R. F. Ziegert, L. Berning, M. Cramm, S. Wunder, C. Azevedo-Ramos, M. Sotirov

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Inspector-Level Bureaucracy: Drilling Into Discretion in a State Natural Resource Agency 检查员级别的官僚主义：钻探国家自然资源机构的自由裁量权

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70038

Nurun Naher, David P. Adams, Jonathan M. Fisk, Adam P. Mayer, John C. Morris, Joseph A. Aistrup

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Mapping Instrument Preferences for Deforestation Policies Based on EU Public Consultation Data 基于欧盟公众咨询数据的毁林政策测绘工具偏好

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70036

Daniel Braun, Dennis Abel, Jan Börner

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Mapping Instrument Preferences for Deforestation Policies Based on EU Public Consultation Data 基于欧盟公众咨询数据的毁林政策测绘工具偏好

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70036

Daniel Braun, Dennis Abel, Jan Börner

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Transitioning Oil and Gas Producing Regions: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Approaches in Denmark, New Zealand and Scotland 油气产区转型：丹麦、新西兰和苏格兰地区方法的比较分析

IF 3.9 3区社会学

Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70039

Sophie Kiernan, Tamara Krawchenko

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