Journal of Climate Action, Research, and Policy

Aims & Scope

Vision
JOCARP’s vision is a pioneering open access journal, with the unique focus of providing solid science-based and action-oriented resources catalyzing the implementation of more urgent, substantial, and pivotal climate action solutions by business of all types, government at all levels, academia, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Mission
JOCARP’s mission is to provide and obtain from leaders — in business, government policy, academic research, and NGOs — actionable, topical, transparent, motivational, and rigorous knowledge. The goal is to achieve the vision of more rapidly deploying transformational climate action solutions addressing climate challenges, risk, and opportunity — imbued with the values of optimism, courage, and persistence.

Rationale
We are at a critical moment in human history. Climate change is the outstanding survival and ethical challenge of our time. A heating unbalanced climate poses myriad and increasingly severe threats to our civilization, from extreme weather to societal impacts. Leaders throughout public and private sectors agree with scientists that we must urgently increase implementation of the current substantial portfolio of climate action solutions, and expand the portfolio. These solutions will reduce climate risk and damage, with benefits far outweighing costs, needed to maintain a livable world. JOCARP responds to this “why-now” challenge, adding to understanding of the risks and impacts of climate change with its dangerous global warming trend, along with the huge opportunities for climate action in a changing world.

Climate Action
The main areas of climate action (more exactly “climate change action”) are 1. Mitigation (prevention) - making global warming and climate change less severe by reducing human causes, needed to stay within the physics-based carbon budget that keeps a livable world possible, and 2. Adaptation (preparation with resilience) - coping with existing and expected climate change impacts to the extent possible. Climate action solutions – facilitated by forward-looking governmental policies, research, and advocacy groups - are intertwined with opportunities for proactive businesses, including tens of trillions of dollars over time in investment and operations.

Scope
JOCARP will include rigorously peer-reviewed content of high scientific and actionable quality. The categories below indicate JOCARP’s broad scope, with the focus of motivating climate action solutions. JOCARP will include practical R&D and academic research, along with policy developments, and successful climate action by organizations. Interdisciplinary science/action papers are welcome. Contribution formats will include invited and submitted articles, case studies and reviews, plus letters and commentary. JOCARP is an open-access journal, promoting the values of open science. JOCARP’s peer review and publishing requirements etc. are on separate webpages.

Content Guidelines
All JOCARP content should contain some aspect of climate action (motivation/useful content). Content should be written in a style accessible to the general public, especially people with leverage for climate action.

JOCARP Categories (taken from the World Scientific Encyclopedia of Climate Change)

1. Climate and Finance
2. Climate and Economics
3. Climate and Policy
4. Climate Science
5. Climate Impacts
6. Climate Mitigation
7. Climate Adaptation
8. Climate Action
9. Climate Risk Management
10. Climate and Business
11. Climate and Renewable Energy
12. Climate and Electricity
13. Climate and Technology
14. Climate and Transportation
15. Climate and Food
16. Climate and Health
17. Climate and Youth
18. Climate and Justice, Equity, Ethics, Morality
19. Climate Education
20. Climate Law
21. Climate and Faith
22. Climate and the Arts
23. Climate Consensus
24. Climate Conferences
25. Climate and Other Systemic Risks