Environmental Policy and Governance is a leading international journal that publishes high quality research papers that examine the environmental policies that are introduced by governments or the diverse forms of environmental governance that emerge in markets and civil society. The journal examines these issues at scales ranging from local to global and in diverse developmental and environmental contexts. The journal is deliberately inter-disciplinary, publishing articles that draw upon and contribute to the environmental social sciences and that link the social, natural and physical sciences. Covering politics, policy, planning, law, economics, management, geography, development, environmental and climate sciences and more, the journal is valuable reading for academics and policy professionals.

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Synthesizing Archetypes of Social‐Ecological Systems: Identifying Common Building Blocks

Klaus Eisenack, Graham Epstein, Lydia Finzel, Elke Kellner, Ben Nagel, Stefan Partelow, Matteo Roggero, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, 
  •  23 July 2025
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Deliberating Justice in Citizen Jury Processes—Lessons for Just Transitions Governance

Suvi Huttunen, Katariina Kulha, Simo Kyllönen, Hanna Mela, Maria Ojanen, Katriina Soini, Jaana Sorvali, Ninni Suni, Heli Saarikoski, 
  •  23 July 2025
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Winners, Losers, and the Implications of Inequality in Biodiversity Conservation Policies: Insights From European Development Aid to Central Africa

Alexandra Rasoamanana, Max Krott, Symphorien Ongolo, 
  •  16 July 2025
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Flood Risk‐Sensitive Land Use Governance: Explaining Enforcement Gaps in the Case of Accra, Ghana

Sylvia Kruse, Julio César Millán Espinosa, Fafali R. Ziga-Abortta, Martin Oteng-Ababio, 
  •  16 July 2025
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Promoting Stakeholder Interaction to Facilitate Wildfire Management: Insights From a Case Study in Monreale, Sicily

Erika Piroli, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca, Jay Mistry, Yiannis Kountouris, 
  •  15 July 2025
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

Environmental policy integration: a state of the art review

Andrew Jordan, Andrea Lenschow, 
  •  147-158
  •  27 May 2010

Power in Sustainability Transitions: Analysing power and (dis)empowerment in transformative change towards sustainability

Flor Avelino, 
  •  505-520
  •  17 August 2017

Understanding Policy Coherence: Analytical Framework and Examples of Sector–Environment Policy Interactions in the EU

Måns Nilsson, Tony Zamparutti, Jan Erik Petersen, Björn Nykvist, Peter Rudberg, Jennifer McGuinn, 
  •  395-423
  •  19 September 2012

Environmental governance: participatory, multi‐level – and effective?

Jens Newig, Oliver Fritsch, 
  •  197-214
  •  26 May 2009
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Environmental Governance of China's Belt and Road Initiative

Johanna Coenen, Simon Bager, Patrick Meyfroidt, Jens Newig, Edward Challies, 
  •  3-17
  •  10 July 2020
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