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Principles of decarbonization politics

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Climate change mitigation politics is not delivering on climate targets. Recent research suggests that a general formal framework that represents the behaviour of citizens, consumers, firms and parties explains why.

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Mattauch, L., Srivastav, S. Principles of decarbonization politics. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 503–504 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01663-y

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