Multi-actor integrated assessment models based on well-being concepts beyond GDP could support policymakers by highlighting the interrelation of climate change mitigation and other important societal problems.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreements No. 308601 (COMPLEX) and No. 295068 (EuRuCAS).
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Hasselmann, K., Cremades, R., Filatova, T. et al. Free-riders to forerunners. Nature Geosci 8, 895–898 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2593
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