Journals existed on the science of climate change, but none focused on the national and international policy dimensions.

New research was urgently needed on policy tools and approaches that could start to move the world onto a lower-carbon and more climate-resilient path.

The first issue of Climate Policy, initially published by Elsevier, was released in November 2000, immediately before the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6) to the UNFCCC.

As an interdisciplinary, policy-focused journal, Climate Policy actively encourages submissions from all relevant academic fields.

Of particular interest are evaluations of existing policy instruments and approaches, as well as analyses of innovative proposals and emerging issues that are new to the literature or the empirical arena.