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Climate communication is an essential step towards changing the rules. Policies with a large-scale impact on the economy and individuals, such as a high carbon tax, must be justified in terms of their proportionality.
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Matilda Gettins, Fridays for Future Munich, Germany.
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Gettins, M. The Climate Crisis Will Not Wait. Intereconomics 55, 364–365 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0934-9
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