Publications
Building Winning Climate Coalitions: Evidence from U.S. States
Trachtman, S., I. Inal, J. Meckling (2025). Energy Policy 203.
How Central Banks Manage Climate and Energy Transition Risks
Shears, E., J. Meckling, J. Finnegan (2025). Nature Energy 10: 470-478.
The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions
Finnegan, J., P. Lipscy, J. Meckling, F. Metz (2025). Journal of Politics.
State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy
Meckling, J. and A. Benkler (2024). Nature Communications 15: 9942.
Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany
Goedeking, N. and J. Meckling (2024). Energy Policy 195.
How Foes Become Allies: The Shifting Role of Business in Climate Politics
Vormedal, I. and J. Meckling (2023). Policy Sciences 57: 101-124.
Taking Stock of the Implementation Gap in Climate Policy
Fransen, T., Meckling, J., Stünzi, A., Schmidt, T., Egli, F., Schmid, N., Beaton, C. (2023). Nature Climate Change 13: 752-755.
Coalition Cascades: The Politics of Tipping Points in Clean Energy Transitions
Meckling, J. and N. Goedeking (2023). Policy Studies Journal 51(4): 715-739.
The Home State Effect: How Subnational Governments Shape Climate Coalitions
Meckling, J. and S. Trachtman (2023). Governance 37(3): 887-905.
Political Strategies for Climate and Environmental Solutions
Meckling, J. and V. Karplus (2023). Nature Sustainability 6: 742-751.
National Models of Climate Governance Among Major Emitters
Guy, J., Shears, E., Meckling, J. (2023). Nature Climate Change 13: 189-195.
Green Bargains: Leveraging Public Investment to Advance Climate Regulation
Meckling J. and J. Strecker (2022). Climate Policy 23 (4): 418-429.
Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions
Meckling J., Lipscy, P., Finnegan, J., Metz, F. (2022). Science 378(6615): 31-33.
Media coverage: Newsweek, Anthropocene, Ars Technica, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Publico, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Tagesspiegel, The Hill, The Conversation
Energy Innovation Funding and Institutions in Major Economies
Meckling J., Galeazzi, C., Shears, E., Xu, T., Anadon, L.D. (2022). Nature Energy 7: 876-885.
Busting the Myths Around Public Investment in Clean Energy
Meckling, J., Aldy, J., Kotchen, M., Esty, D., Raymond, P., Tonkonogy, B., Harper, C., Sawyer, G., Sweatman, J. (2022). Nature Energy 7: 563-565.
The Climate Advocacy Gap
Trachtman, S. and J. Meckling (2022). Climatic Change 172: 24.
Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy
Meckling, J. and J. Nahm (2022). Comparative Political Studies 55(3): 493-523.
Winner, Best Paper on Public Policy Award, American Political Science Association
Measuring Comprehensive Carbon Prices of National Climate Policies
Carhart, M., B. Litterman, C. Munnings, O. Vitali (2022). Climate Policy 22:2, 198-207.
Making Industrial Policy Work For Decarbonization
Meckling, J. (2021). Global Environmental Politics 21(4): 134-147.
What the Sunrise Movement Can Do Better
Guy, J. and S. Zacher (2021). Jacobin.
Policy Feedback and Interdependence in American Federalism: Evidence from Rooftop Solar Politics
Trachtman, S. (2021). Perspectives on Politics.
Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization
Meckling, J. (2021). Global Environmental Politics 21(4): 134-147.
A Policy Roadmap for Negative Emissions Using Direct Air Capture
Meckling, J. and E. Biber (2021). Nature Communications 12: 2051.
Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green Growth
Meckling, J. and B. B. Allan (2021). Perspectives on Politics.
To Engage, or Not to Engage? U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate and Clean Energy. In: Handbook on U.S. Environmental Policy.
Meckling, J. and T van de Graaf (2020). David Konisky (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar: 302-314.
The Evolution of Ideas in Global Climate Policy
Meckling, J. and B. B. Allan (2020). Nature Climate Change 10: 434-438.
Media: Featured as cartoon by Eav Brennan
What Drives Climate Policy Adoption in the U.S. States?
Trachtman, S. (2020). Energy Policy. 138. 111214.
Global Interdependence in Clean Energy Transitions
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2018). Business and Politics 4(20): 467-491.
Policy Competition in Clean Technology: Scaling Up or Innovating Up?
Hughes, L. and J. Meckling (2018). Business and Politics 4(20): 588-614.
Sequencing to Ratchet Up Climate Policy Stringency
Pahle, M., Burtraw, D., Flachsland, C., Kelsey, N., Biber, E., Meckling, J., Edenhofer, O., Zysman, Z. (2018). Nature Climate Change 8: 861-867.
When Do States Disrupt Industries? Electric Cars and the Politics of Innovation
Meckling, J. and J. Nahm (2018). Review of International Political Economy 25(4): 505-529.
The Power of Process: State Capacity and Climate Policy
Meckling, J. and J. Nahm (2018). Governance.
Winner, Evan J. Ringquist Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association
(awarded by Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section for best paper published in relevant journal in last two years)
The Developmental State in Global Regulation: Economic Change and Climate Policy
Meckling, J. (2018). European Journal of International Relations 24(1): 58-81.
Who Wins in Renewable Energy? Evidence from Europe and the United States
Kelsey, N. and J. Meckling (2018). Energy Research and Social Science 37: 65-73.
Protecting Solar: Global Supply Chains and Business Power
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2018). New Political Economy.
How to Turn Ambitious Climate Goals into Effective Policy
Meckling, J. (2019). Policy Brief. Scholars Strategy Network.
Building Climate Policy in the States
Trachtman, S. (2019). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 685(1):96-114.
A New Path for U.S. Climate Politics: Choosing Policies That Mobilize Business for Decarbonization
Meckling, J. (2019). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 685(1):82-95.
The Politics of Technology Bans: Industrial Policy Competition and Green Goals for the Auto Industry
Meckling, J. and J. Nahm (2019). Energy Policy 126: 470-479.
Governing Renewables: Policy Feedback in a Global Energy Transition
Meckling, J. (2019). Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.
Policy Sequencing toward Decarbonization
Meckling, J., Sterner, T., Wagner, G. (2017). Nature Energy 2(12): 918-922.
The Political Economy of Decarbonization: A Research Agenda
Biber, E., Kelsey, N., Meckling, J. (2017). Brooklyn Law Review 82(2): 605-643.
Globalizing Solar: Global Supply Chains and Trade Preferences
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2017). International Studies Quarterly.
The Politics of Renewable Energy Trade: The US-China Solar Dispute
Hughes, L. and J. Meckling (2017). Energy Policy. 105. 256-262.
Forum: Climate Engineering
Flegal, J. (2017). Issues in Science and Technology 33(4).
Policy Sequencing toward Decarbonization
Meckling, J., Sterner, T., Wagner, G. (2017). Nature Energy 2(12): 918-922.
The Political Economy of Decarbonization: A Research Agenda
Biber, E., Kelsey, N., Meckling, J. (2017). Brooklyn Law Review 82(2): 605-643.
Globalizing Solar: Global Supply Chains and Trade Preferences
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2017). International Studies Quarterly 61(2): 225-235. Lead article.
The Politics of Renewable Energy Trade: The US-China Solar Dispute
Hughes, L. and J. Meckling (2017). Energy Policy. 105. 256-262.
Forum: Climate Engineering
Flegal, J. (2017). Issues in Science and Technology 33(4).
What do people think when they think about solar geoengineering? A review of empirical social science literature, and prospects for future research
Burns, E.T., Flegal, J.A., Keith, David W., Mahajan, A., Tingley, D., Wagner, G. (2016). Earth’s Future.
Varieties of Market-Based Policy: Instrument Choice in Climate Policy
Meckling, J. and S. Jenner (2016). Environmental Politics. 25(5). 853-878.
Oil and State Capitalism: Government-Firm Coopetition in China and India
Meckling, J., Kong, B., Madan, T. (2015). Review of International Political Economy. 22(6). 1159-1187.
Climate Geoengineering and the Role of Public Deliberation: A Comment on the US National Academy of Sciences’ Recommendations on Public Participation
Burns, W. and J. Flegal (2015). Climate Law. 5(2-4). 252-294.
Winning Coalitions for Climate Policy: Green Industrial Policy Builds Support for Carbon Regulation
Meckling, J., Kelsey, N., Biber, E., Zysman, J. (2015). Science. 349(6253): 1170-1171.
Free Trade for Green Trade: To Support Clean Power, Open Up Trade in Green Technology
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2015). Foreign Affairs. August 4.
Oppose, Support, or Hedge? Distributional Effects, Regulatory Pressure, and Business Strategy in Environmental Politics
Meckling, J. (2015). Global Environmental Politics. 15(2).
Engaging the Global South on Climate Engineering Research
Winickoff, D. E., J. A. Flegal, and A. Asrat (2015). Nature Climate Change. 5. 627-34 (July 2015).
The Future of Emissions Trading
Meckling, J. (2014). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 5(5). 569-576.
Avoiding Sunstroke: Assessing National Competitiveness in the Global Solar Race
Ball, J. and J. Meckling (2013). Results from a Scenario-Planning Workshop at Stanford University.
Business as a Global Actor. In: Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy
Clapp, J. and J. Meckling (2013). Robert Falkner (ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 286-303.
Economic Instruments for Climate Change. In: Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy
Meckling, J. and C. Hepburn (2013). Robert Falkner (ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 468-485.
Carbon Coalitions: Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading
Meckling, J. (2011). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
[Reviewed in International Affairs 88(3): 639-641; Review of Policy Research 29(5): 665-667; Environment and Planning C 30(4): 746-760; Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Reporting 2(2-3): 162-163; Mobilization 17(4): 483-484; Journal of Economic Literature 50(4): 1143-1145; Environmental Politics 22(6): 1042-1044; Global Environmental Politics 13(3): 138-143]
Review of ‘Climate Capitalism: Global Warming and the Transformation of the Global Economy’. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Peter Newell and Matthew Paterson, 2010.
Meckling, J. (2011). Review of Policy Research 28(2): 226-227.
The Globalization of Carbon Trading: Transnational Business Coalitions in Climate Politics
Meckling, J. (2011). Global Environmental Politics. 11(2): 26-50.
Global Sectoral Industry Approaches to Climate Change: Helping or Harming?
Meckling, J. (2009). Oxfam International Research Report. May, 2009.
Sectoral Approaches for a Post-2012 Climate Regime: A Taxonomy
Meckling, J. and G. Y. Chung (2009). Climate Policy 9 (6). 652-668.
Corporate Policy Preferences in the EU and the US: Emissions Trading as the Climate Compromise?
Meckling, J. (2008). Carbon & Climate Law Review 2(2). 171-180.
Netzwerkgovernance: Corporate Citizenship und Global Governance
Meckling, J. (2005). (Network Governance: Corporate Citizenship and Global Governance). Muenster: LIT Verlag. (in German).