J T Roberts

Biographic Data

ID86805
NAMEJ T Roberts
GIVEN NAMESJ T
FAMILY NAMERoberts
SIGNATUREROBERTS J T
AFFILIATIONSBrown University
ORCID0000-0002-8726-5698
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS90
TOTAL CITATIONS1011
AUTHOR COUNT89
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX18

  • Who Has a Voice in the Energy Transition in the U.S. States? A Fifty-State Study of Local News

    Open AccessR Wetts, Ann Garth et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Communication2026

    With federal climate and energy policy largely gridlocked, statelevel renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) were the central tool adopted in the United States on climate change for decades. RPSs vary by state and change over time, providing an opportunity to improve our understanding of which types of actors get a voice in policy debates over climate solutions in local newspapers. To do this, we built a fifty-state database of 1,522 articles about…

  • Beyond projects: Relational durability and the measurement of climate adaptation success in practice

    Open AccessSarah Anne Robinson, Stacy-ann Robinson et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2026References: 16

  • Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement

    Open AccessCarl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Paula Castro et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2025

  • Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment

    Open AccessCarlos Milani, J T Roberts et al.BOOKClimate Obstruction2025

    Climate obstruction involves intentional actions and efforts to slow or block policies on climate change that are commensurate with the current scientific consensus of what is necessary to avoid dangerous human interference with the climate system. With thirty-one lead authors coordinating twelve teams of more than one hundred total authors, this first-of-its-kind volume reviews obstruction efforts undertaken by fossil fuel industries, utilities,…

  • Climate coalitions and anti-coalitions: Lobbying across state legislatures in the United States

    Open AccessGalen Hall, Trevor Culhane et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2024Cited by: 2References: 18

    With action on climate change gridlocked in Washington, D.C. over the past three decades, the U.S. states have become arenas for intense policymaking action. Interest groups frequently play pivotal roles in deciding the fate and content of climate mitigation policies in these legislatures. Yet basic questions about their activities still lack systematic, large-scale analysis. We ask: Who are the main actors in state-level climate disputes, and wh…

  • Beyond dark money: Information subsidies and complex networks of opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast

    Open AccessIsaac Slevin, William Kattrup et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2024Cited by: 4References: 8

  • Informing strategic climate action: The Climate Social Science Network

    J T Roberts, Robert J Brulle et al.ARTICLECritical Policy Studies2024References: 4

    Thirty years of well-meaning efforts by environmental scientists, NGOs and foundations have failed to result in effective policy and nongovernmental action; we believe this is because the extent and nature of obstruction efforts are barely understood, and therefore not effectively countered. We built the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) to address this damaging lack of understanding of climate obstruction. In the few years since our launch i…

  • Vulnerability-based allocations in loss and damage finance

    Open AccessSarah Anne Robinson, J T Roberts et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2023

  • Calculating what we owe

    Open AccessJ T RobertsARTICLENature Sustainability2023References: 3

  • Tactical Opposition: Obstructing Loss and Damage Finance in the United Nations Climate Negotiations

    Open AccessDanielle Falzon, Fred Shaia et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Politics2023Cited by: 5References: 16

    In 1991, in meetings constructing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the small island state of Vanuatu introduced a proposal requiring wealthy countries to pay for damages related to sea level rise. More than thirty years later, countries finally agreed to establish a financing mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change. Scholars have observed the slow progress on loss and damage finance, but what tactics…

  • We are a people: Sovereignty and disposability in the context of Puerto Rico's post-Hurricane Maria experience

    Open AccessSarah Anne Robinson, Andrea Vega Troncoso et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal2023Cited by: 3References: 16

    The 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season brought many of the injustices faced by non-sovereign Caribbean States to the fore. These injustices, which positioned Caribbean people as expendable to colonial powers, highlighted the impact of historically enduring colonial structures of non-sovereignty on post-hurricane response and recovery efforts across the region. In this paper, we argue that Puerto Rico's status as a Commonwealth of the United Sta…

  • In Closing

    Open AccessJ T RobertsARTICLESociological Inquiry2023References: 2

  • The dynamics of institutional arrangements for climate change adaptation in small island developing states in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

    Open AccessSarah Anne Robinson, D’arcy Carlson et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2022Cited by: 2References: 11

    The successful design, implementation and management of the institutional arrangements for climate change adaptation are critical components of sustainable development. This is especially true for small island developing states (SIDS), a group of 58 countries spread across three main geographic regions, which are acknowledged as being disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In many instances, the dynamics of these arrangem…

  • The unequal geographies of climate finance: Climate injustice and dependency in the world system

    Open AccessDavid Ciplet, Danielle Falzon et al.ARTICLEPolitical Geography2022Cited by: 4References: 63

  • Climate compatible development in practice

    Sarah Anne Robinson, D’arcy Carlson et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2022Cited by: 1References: 28

    Climate compatible development (CCD) is a deliberate policy framework that reduces climate-related harm while increasing development opportunities when its three components – adaptation, mitigation, and development – are pursued jointly. In this viewpoint article, we use three island case studies – urban infrastructure improvements in the Solomon Islands, clean energy transitions in Hawaii, and sustainable tourism in the Seychelles – to argue tha…

  • Rebooting a failed promise of climate finance

    Open AccessJ T Roberts, Romain Weikmans et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2021

  • Ethical choices behind quantifications of fair contributions under the Paris Agreement

    Open AccessKate Dooley, Christian Holz et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2021

  • Faster and steeper is feasible: Modeling deeper decarbonization in a Northeastern U.S. State

    Open AccessJ T Roberts, Jason Veysey et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2021Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Who delays climate action? Interest groups and coalitions in state legislative struggles in the United States

    Open AccessTrevor Culhane, Galen Hall et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2021Cited by: 14References: 25

    Gridlock and rollback in Washington have led to a turn to the states for action on climate change in the U.S. The state of Massachusetts presents a particularly puzzling case, since it was an early leader with binding emissions targets, but the succeeding dozen years saw most ambitious efforts stalled or watered down. We collected 1187 pieces of legislative testimony, 4126 reported lobbying visits, and interviews with and input from over fifty ex…

  • Financing loss and damage from slow onset events in developing countries

    Open AccessSarah Anne Robinson, Mizan R Khan et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2021Cited by: 2References: 4

    Based on a systematic review of journal articles, books and book chapters, and policy papers, we evaluate possible sources of finance for addressing loss and damage from slow onset climate events in developing countries. We find that most publications explore insurance schemes which are not appropriate for most slow onset events. From this, we determine that only a few sources are sustainable. Levies and taxes are seen as relatively fair, predict…

  • Khaled Anatolios, Deification through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation

    Open AccessJ T Roberts, James RobertsARTICLETheology2021

  • Twenty-five years of adaptation finance through a climate justice lens

    Open AccessMizan R Khan, Mizan Khan et al.ARTICLEClimatic Change2020

    How much finance should be provided to support climate change adaptation and by whom? How should it be allocated, and on what basis? Over the years, various actors have expressed different normative expectations on climate finance. Which of these expectations are being met and which are not; why, and with what consequences? Have new norms and rules emerged, which remain contested? This article takes stock of the first 25+ years of adaptation fina…

  • Discourses of climate delay

    Open AccessWilliam F Lamb, Giulio Mattioli et al.ARTICLEGlobal Sustainability2020

    Non-technical summary ‘Discourses of climate delay’ pervade current debates on climate action. These discourses accept the existence of climate change, but justify inaction or inadequate efforts. In contemporary discussions on what actions should be taken, by whom and how fast, proponents of climate delay would argue for minimal action or action taken by others. They focus attention on the negative social effects of climate policies and raise dou…

  • Why green “climate gentrification” threatens poor and vulnerable populations

    Open AccessIsabelle Anguelovski, James J T Connolly et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2019

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  • Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review

    Open AccessKimberley Anh Thomas, Dean Hardy et al.ARTICLEWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews…2019

    The varied effects of recent extreme weather events around the world exemplify the uneven impacts of climate change on populations, even within relatively small geographic regions. Differential human vulnerability to environmental hazards results from a range of social, economic, historical, and political factors, all of which operate at multiple scales. While adaptation to climate change has been the dominant focus of policy and research agendas…