Philippe Le Billon

University of British Columbia — Canada

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences

52h-index9.9kcitations235works4.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Natural Resources and Economic Development(70), Mining and Resource Management(49), International Development and Aid(20), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact(16), Political Conflict and Governance(14)

Publications234 total

Minerals-for-peace or naked extractivism? Trump and resource imperialism in Ukraine
Energy Research & Social Science·2026Open Access
The critical role of allied organizations in supporting ocean defenders
Marine Policy·2026Open Access
Environmental Security and ‘Resource Wars’
2025
COP30: Governments must empower forest communities to keep fossil fuels underground
2025
Critical mineral (in)securities: Techno-legal fixes and the reproduction of socio-environmental abuses
Environment and Security·2025
Deep-sea mining: Superficial riches, deep hidden costs
2025Open Access
Canada’s $43-billion subsidy scheme for critical minerals misses supply chain steps
2025Open Access
Onshoring low-carbon supply chains: Can subsidies meet the challenge?
Earth System Governance·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
From resource security to resource securitisation: materialities, latent securitisation, and the politics of (in)security in low-carbon transitions
Critical Studies on Security·2025· 2 cited
Unleashing American Energy? Uncertainties in energy transition developments under a new Trump administration
Energy Research & Social Science·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
Discover Sustainability·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Artificial intelligence and ESG in resources-intensive industries: Reviewing the use of AI in fisheries, mining, plastics, and forestry
The Extractive Industries and Society·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Ocean sustainability, anti-IUU policies, and the criminalization of small-scale fishers
2025Open Access
Strengthening Allied Support: Enabling Ocean Defenders' Resistance Efforts to Human Rights Violations in the Ocean Economy
2025Open Access
Ocean governance and the protection of ocean defenders
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks·2025
Theatre of Enforcement at Sea: The Global Fight Against ‘Illegal Fishing’ and the Criminalisation of Fisher Peoples and Exploitation of Fish Workers
Journal of Agrarian Change·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Onshoring Low-Carbon Supply Chains: Can Subsidies Meet the Challenge?
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation
Discover Oceans·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The ‘Green War’: Geopolitical Metabolism and Green Extractivisms
Geopolitics·2024· 13 cited
Landscapes of Recarbonization: Carbon Neutrality, Settler Colonialism, and Cumulative Environmental Effects in the Peace River Region, Canada
Annals of the American Association of Geographers·2024· 4 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

U. Rashid Sumaila(4), Gerald G. Singh(3), Samuel J. Spiegel(3), Päivi Lujala(3), Hisham Zerriffi(3), Nathan Bennett(2), Andrés M. Cisneros‐Montemayor(2), Berit Kristoffersen(2), Melanie Sommerville(2), Jessica Spijkers(2), Tiffany H. Morrison(2), Sara Elder(2), Jessica Blythe(1), Jennifer J. Silver(1), Nathan Andrews(1), Antonio Calò(1), Patrick Christie(1), Antonio Franco(1), Elena M. Finkbeiner(1), Stefan Gelcich(1)