Research Papers
2012 “The Politics of International Climate Adaptation Funding: Justice and Divisions in the Greenhouse.” David Ciplet*, J. Timmons Roberts, and Mizan Khan. Global Environmental Politics, forthcoming.
2012 “”National emissions pathways and human development: correcting for carbon embodied in trade.” Julia Steinberger, J. Timmons Roberts, Glen Peters, and Giovanni Baiocchi. Forthcoming in Nature: Climate Change.
2011 “Multipolarity and the New World dis(Order): US Hegemonic Decline and the Fragmentation of the Global Climate Regime.” J. Timmons Roberts. Global Environmental Change, Vol. 21 No. 3. Lead article in special issue on “Social Theory and the Environment in the New World dis(Order)” David Sonnenfeld and Arthur Mol, Editors.
2011 “Keeping a big promise: options for baselines to assess ‘new and additional’ climate finance.” Martin Stadelmann, J. Timmons Roberts, and Axel Michaelowa. Climate and Development Vol. 3 No. 3: 175-192 (lead article).
2011 “Social Development Aspects of Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism Projects: A Review of Six Hydroelectricity Projects in Brazil and Peru.” John C. Cole and J. Timmons Roberts. Climate and Development.
2010 “From Constraint to Sufficiency: The Decoupling of Energy and Carbon from Human Needs, 1975-2005.” Julia K. Steinberger and J. Timmons Roberts. Ecological Economics 70: 425-433.
2010 “Climate Change, Social Theory, and Justice.” Bradley C. Parks* and J. Timmons Roberts. Theory, Culture and Society. Vol 27 (2-3): 1-32.
2010 “Addressing Inequality and Building Trust to Secure a Post-2012 Global Climate Deal” Bradley C. Parks* and J. Timmons Roberts. In Maxwell Boykoff (Editor) The Politics of Climate Change: A Survey. London: Routledge/Europa. [Chapter in edited volume, invited, not peer-reviewed]
2010 “Structural Obstacles to an Effective Post-2012 Global Climate Agreement: Why Social Structure Matters and How Addressing it Can Help Break the Impasse.” Bradley C. Parks* and J. Timmons Roberts. The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, Second Edition. Edited by Michael R. Redclift and Graham Woodgate. London: Edward Elgar. [Chapter in edited volume].
2010 “A ‘Shared Vision’ of Global Climate Policy: Why Inequality Must Be Addressed to Build a Durable North-South Consensus.” J. Timmons Roberts and Bradley C. Parks*. Forthcoming inClimate Change, Ethics and Human Security, edited by Karen O’Brien, Asuncion Lera St. Clair and Berit Kristoffersen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Chapter in edited volume, invited].
2009 “The International Dimension of Climate Justice and the Need for International Adaptation Funding.” J. Timmons Roberts. Environmental Justice, Volume 2, Number 4, forthcoming.
2009 “How can the Clean Development Mechanism better contribute to sustainable development?” Nathan E. Hultman, Emily Boyd, J. Timmons Roberts, John Cole*, Esteve Corbera, Johannes Ebeling, Katrina Brown, and Diana M. Liverman. Ambio38(2):120-122. [“Synopsis,” not peer-reviewed]
2009 “Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Ecological Debt, and Climate Justice: The History and Implications of Three Related Ideas for a New Social Movement.” J. Timmons Roberts and Bradley C. Parks*. International Journal of Comparative Sociology Vol. 50(3–4): 381–408.
