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​JSPG-UK SIN Special Issue: 
Climate Change Solutions
​Volume 18, Issue 02 | 
June 2021

​Produced in collaboration with the 
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Cover Memo: ​Volume 18, Issue 2, Special Issue on Climate Change Solutions​
Dame Karen Pierce, DCMG
Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America
Special Issue on Climate Change Solutions​ Cover Memo
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Outstanding Article Competition Winner

Policy Memo: ​Best Practices for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition: A Toolkit for U.S. States
Sindhu S. Nathan, Kavitha Chintam, Brooks Clingman, Alexandra Johnson
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Keywords: clean energy; energy equity; U.S. state policies; climate change
Best Practices for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition: A Toolkit for U.S. States
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Outstanding Article Competition Winner

Policy Analysis: ​The Power of Customer Choice in Energy: A California Case Study in Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions
Kelly Trumbull, J.R. DeShazo

Keywords: community choice aggregation; carbon free electricity; investor-owned utilities; renewable energy; renewables portfolio standard
The Power of Customer Choice in Energy: A California Case Study in Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions
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Outstanding Article Competition Winner

Policy Memo: ​Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities for Climate-Resilient Agriculture by Optimizing Federal Crop Insurance
Laura K. van der Pol, Clara A. Tibbetts, Danielle E. Lin Hunter

Keywords: crop insurance; agriculture; climate change; diversification; nature-based solutions
Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities for Climate-Resilient Agriculture by Optimizing Federal Crop Insurance
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Policy Analysis: ​Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems: Adaptation Strategies for the Most Vulnerable Communities
Jessica Bhardwaj, Atifa Asghari, Isabella Aitkenhead,  Madeleine Jackson, Yuriy Kuleshov

Keywords: climate risk; climate adaptation; Post Disaster Reviews; risk assessment; user-centered integrated early warning system; drought; floods; tropical cyclones
Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems: Adaptation Strategies for the Most Vulnerable Communities
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Policy Memo: The Crisis of US Coal Communities: Strategies for a Just Transition to Renewable Energy
Grace E. Chesmore, Rachel L. Starr, Rebecca Van Hoeck, Meredith L. Ward
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Keywords: just transition; land reclamation; job retraining; economic relief; coal power; renewable energy 
The Crisis of US Coal Communities: Strategies for a Just Transition to Renewable Energy
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White Paper: Equitable and Empowering Participatory Policy Design Strategies to Accelerate Just Climate Action
Isatis M. Cintron-Rodriguez, Haley A. Crim, Deb L. Morrison, Frank Niepold, Jen Kretser, William Spitzer, Tom Bowman

Keywords: climate empowerment; participatory policy design; climate governance; policymaking; climate learning; COP26; Talanoaa
Equitable and Empowering Participatory Policy Design Strategies to Accelerate Just Climate Action
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Policy Analysis: The Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Climate Adaptation Policy and Planning in Bangladesh
Samina Islam, Farah Anzum, Adiba Bintey Kamal, Mahmuda Akter, Ali Mohammad Rezaie, Mizan R. Khan

Keywords: national policies; climate change; ecosystem-based adaptation; ecosystem services
The Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Climate Adaptation Policy and Planning in Bangladesh
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Climate Bill Day of Vote flickr photo by Friends of the Earth Scotland shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Policy Memo: Climate Emergency—Climate Action Planning and Delivery Recommendations
Anna-Mariya Kandzhova, Iris Šömen, Jorge Jiménez Solomon, Rodon Miraj

Keywords: climate emergency; climate action plan; UK local authorities; securing finance; social inclusiveness; co-benefits; climate recommendations
Climate Emergency—Climate Action Planning and Delivery Recommendations
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Op-Ed: ​Nature-Based Climate Solutions Require Us to Answer the “Where” and the “Who”
Rachel L. Lamb, Jeremy Schmidt

Keywords: carbon monitoring; climate change; community-based management; geography; indigenous peoples and local communities; natural climate solutions; nature-based solutions 
Nature-Based Climate Solutions Require Us to Answer the “Where” and the “Who”
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Policy Memo: ​An Approach to Scientific and Legislative Governance of Solar Radiation Modification Research in the United States
Neva Luthria, Steven L. Farrell, Ingrid Joylyn Paredes
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Keywords: climate change; geoengineering; solar radiation management; IPCC; UN; COP26
An Approach to Scientific and Legislative Governance of Solar Radiation Modification Research in the United States
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Photo from a path under a bridge of the River Thames, part of Maidenhead
Timo Newton-Syms from Helsinki, Finland & Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Policy Memo: ​Phytoremediation Strategies for United Kingdom River Health in the Flood of Climate Change
Bailey McCarthy Riley, John F. Malloy, Stephanie Piper, Theresa La

Keywords: phytoremediation; rivers; nature-based; plants; community-based; UK; climate
Phytoremediation Strategies for United Kingdom River Health in the Flood of Climate Change
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Policy Memo: ​Establishing global climate resilience to persistent organic pollutants through the private sector: a call to reform institutional standards of the International Finance Corporation
Lok Ming Tam, Wesley Chiang, Khang T. Huynh

Keywords: climate change adaptation; persistent organic pollutants; environmental fate and transport; environmental toxicology; World Bank
Establishing global climate resilience to persistent organic pollutants through the private sector: a call to reform institutional standards of the International Finance Corporation
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Policy Memo: ​Farming and Restoring Oysters to Combat Climate Change
Heidi Yeh, Elizabeth Bouchard, Austin Grubb, Hunter Lanovoi

Keywords: oysters; restoration; aquaculture: climate change
Farming and Restoring Oysters to Combat Climate Change
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JSPG Volume 18 Issue 02

 Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Christian H. Ross | Rosie Dutt

Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Madeleine Jennewein
Associate Editors
Andy Sanchez, Clayton Nevins, Emma Hibbett, Jake Russell, Kelsey Schuch, Luyi Cheng, Olivia Foster Rhoades, Nabanita Nawar, Sara Crandall, Derek Wang, Max Olender, Kellie Regal McDonald

DISCLAIMER: The findings and conclusions published herein are solely attributed to the author and not necessarily endorsed or adopted by the Journal of Science Policy and Governance or issue partners/sponsors. Articles are distributed in compliance with copyright and trademark agreements.
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ISSN 2372-2193
Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG1802
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