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The Pope's encyclical as a call for democratic social change

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The climate change encyclical represents a decisive democratic act. It calls on citizens to challenge dominant politics, power, and consumer culture in the name of tackling one of the world's great socio-environmental issues.

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  1. Anabela Carvalho is in the Department of Communication Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal,

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Carvalho, A. The Pope's encyclical as a call for democratic social change. Nature Clim Change 5, 905–907 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2799

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