In the second of two pieces on decarbonization, Isabel Galiana and Christopher Green argue that fostering a technology revolution, not setting emissions targets, is the key to stabilizing the climate.
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Galiana, I., Green, C. Let the global technology race begin. Nature 462, 570–571 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462570a
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