Journal articles

How Foes Become Allies: The Shifting Role of Business in Climate Politics
Vormedal, I. and J. Meckling (2023). Policy Sciences. Online first.

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. Online first.

Political Strategies for Climate and Environmental Solutions
Meckling, J. and V. Karplus (2023). Nature Sustainability 6: 741-751.

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

Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization
Meckling, J. (2021). Global Environmental Politics 21(4): 134-147.

Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green Growth
Allan, B. B. and J. Meckling (2021). Perspectives on Politics. Online first.

A Policy Roadmap for Negative Emissions Using Direct Air Capture
Meckling, J. and E. Biber (2021). Nature Communications 12: 2051.

​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

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 37(2): 317-338​.

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 31(4): 741-757.
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 23(1): 88-104.

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.

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.

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.
Media coverage: Vox, ClimateWire, Grist, ScienceDaily, Yahoo, Utility Dive, Legal Planet

Oppose, Support, or Hedge? Distributional Effects, Regulatory Pressure, and Business Strategy in Environmental Politics
Meckling, J. (2015). Global Environmental Politics 15(2): 19-37. Lead article.

The Future of Emissions Trading
Meckling, J. (2014). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 5(5): 569-576.

The Globalization of Carbon Trading: Transnational Business Coalitions in Climate Politics
Meckling, J. (2011). Global Environmental Politics 11(2): 26-50.

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 and Climate Law Review 2(2): 171-180.

Book chapters

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.

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.

Op-eds

Global ‘coopetition’ accelerates public investment in energy innovation
​Meckling, J. (2022). Cipher. November 2.

​How to enact policies that are effective in slowing climate change
Meckling, J. and J. Nahm (2018). Washington Post. Monkey Cage blog. December 7.

President Trump wants protectionist measures against Chinese solar power. That’s going to hurt U.S. firms.
Meckling, J. and L. Hughes (2017). Washington Post. Monkey Cage blog. September 25.

How Trump could undermine the US solar boom
Hughes, L. and J. Meckling (2017). The Conversation. September 20.

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. 

Carbon Trade Wars: Why the US Should Accept EU Rules on Aviation Emissions
Meckling, J. (2011). The Huffington Post. November 11, 2011

Governments Should Seize on Business Support for Climate Deal
Meckling, J. (2010). ​The Huffington Post. December 06, 2010. 

Reports

Public investment needs to be paired with regulation to stop climate change
Meckling, J. and J. Strecker (2022). Brookings Institution. Center on Regulation and Markets Working Paper #4. 

How to Turn Ambitious Climate Goals into Effective Policy
Meckling, J. (2019). Policy Brief. Scholars Strategy Network.

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.

Global Sectoral Industry Approaches to Climate Change: Helping or Harming?
Meckling, J. (2009). ​Oxfam International Research Report. May, 2009.