On the Theoretical Conceptualisations, Knowledge Structures and Trends of Green New Deals

Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Damien Giurco and Samantha A. Sharpe
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Zaheer Allam: Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia
Ayyoob Sharifi: Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences & Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8511, Japan
Damien Giurco: Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia
Samantha A. Sharpe: Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: The increasing impacts of climate change, coupled with the Greta Thunberg effect, the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, and varied environmental policy documents, are pointing to the need for urgent and cohesive climate action and mitigation frameworks. One potent solution, gaining global acceptance, is that of the Green New Deal (GND), positioned as a radical rethinking of political and economic structures in view of pushing sustainability at the forefront of national, regional, and global issues. With the model rapidly gaining ground in various geographies, and in different forms in view of contextualization needs, there is a need to better understand its evolution, knowledge structures, and trends. This paper thus sets forth to provide an understanding of the evolution and implementation of GND through a bibliometric analysis and science mapping techniques using VOSviewer and CiteSpace to identify the thematic focus of 1174 articles indexed in the Web of Science since 1995. To understand the thematic evolution of the field over time, we divided the study period into three sub-periods, namely 1995–2014, 2015–2019, and 2020–2021. These sub-periods were determined considering important milestones related to GNDs. Term co-occurrence analyses were then conducted to understand thematic focus and associated trends. Also, co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling were other methods applied to identify major sources, authors, publications, and countries that have made more contributions to the development of research on GNDs. The findings of this paper can help both researchers and policy makers understand the evolution and trends of GNDs to better formulate GNDs strategies and policies in accordance with varying needs and geographies.

Keywords: green new deal; green growth; bibliometric analysis; environmental policy; decarbonization; COVID-19; sustainability; climate change; negative externalities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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