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Howarth, R.B. (2000). Climate Change and Relative Consumption. In: Jochem, E., Sathaye, J., Bouille, D. (eds) Society, Behaviour, and Climate Change Mitigation. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48160-X_8
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