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Alliances and ambitions

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Some countries have pledged to become carbon neutral, while others' emissions continue to rise. Differences in their political attributes could explain the discrepancy in ambitions.

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  1. Andrew Kythreotis is at the School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, UK,

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Kythreotis, A. Alliances and ambitions. Nature Clim Change 5, 806–807 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2764

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