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The IPCC in an age of social media

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How should the IPCC communicate its findings, not just to policymakers, but to a wider audience? In today's online environment, readers demand an open and transparent interaction, but the responses must be both rapid and authoritative. As the IPCC debates its future, it must be bold in engaging with social media.

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  1. Leo Hickman is at Carbon Brief, 40 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UD, UK,

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Hickman, L. The IPCC in an age of social media. Nature Clim Change 5, 284–286 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2528

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