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Scientific problems are not necessarily perceived politically. This is easily understood. In the first place, politicians generally are not very interested. Secondly, even if they were, most of them would not understand the issue for lack of education. But thirdly, even if they were interested and to some extent scientifically educated, so that they listened to us and understood the problems, they would finally respond: Why should we know this? What does it mean in political terms? Are there any implications for political action? And these are legitimate questions. What do we answer?
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Meyer-Abich, K.M. (1990). Political Perception of Climate Change: Still Chalk on the White Wall?. In: Karpe, HJ., Otten, D., Trinidade, S.C. (eds) Climate and Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45670-1_9
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