Climate Policy

As of 2004, transferred to James & James Ltd.

AIMS AND SCOPE

Climate Policy aims to address the broad spectrum of policy issues raised by the prospect of changes in the global climate, and by the need for mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. It seeks to provide a forum for the communication of research, analysis, review and discussion concerning any issue related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the negotiation of associated policy instruments. The primary aims of the journal are to make complex, policy-related analysis of climate change issues accessible to a wide policy audience and to facilitate debate between the diverse constituencies now involved in the development of climate policy.

Topics might include (but are not exclusive to):
• Design of the Kyoto mechanisms
• Applications of integrated assessment to specific policy issues
• Policy and quantitative aspects of land-use and forestry in the Kyoto mechanisms
• Analysis of implementation policies in different countries
• Socio-political analysis of prospects for the UNFCCC regime and the Kyoto Protocol
• Economic and political aspects of developing country action and involvement
• Social studies of climate change, including public perception, where policy implications are derived