Equity in Climate Scholarship: A Manifesto for Action

The editors of Climate and Development critique the Reuters "Hot List" of 1,000 influential climate scholars for significant underrepresentation of women and scholars from the Global South, calling for systemic reforms in academic publishing and citation to dismantle colonial models of scientific practice.

• The Reuters "Hot List" of 1,000 influential climate scholars exhibits significant gender and geographic disparities, with only 122 women and 111 scholars from Global South institutions included.
• The imbalances in the list reflect broader academic biases, colonial models of scientific practice, and unequal research conditions within the Global South.
• The authors urge scholars, publishers, and journal editors to implement systemic changes in how academic contributions are published and cited to combat inequity in academia.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Equity in Climate Scholarship: A Manifesto for Action. https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-in-climate-scholarship-a-manifesto-for-action/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Equity in Climate Scholarship: A Manifesto for Action. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-in-climate-scholarship-a-manifesto-for-action/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Equity in Climate Scholarship: A Manifesto for Action |date=14 May 2021 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-in-climate-scholarship-a-manifesto-for-action/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021equity, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Equity in Climate Scholarship: A Manifesto for Action}}, publisher = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-in-climate-scholarship-a-manifesto-for-action/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }