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Stephenson, M.H. (2021). Affordable and Clean Energy. In: Gill, J.C., Smith, M. (eds) Geosciences and the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38815-7_7

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