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Political ecology | Human geography | Translation | MSc at @SOAS PhD at @Uni Bologna
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Joeri Rogelj
6 months ago
Countries cleaning up more climate pollution than they are producing? That is the idea behind achieving net-negative emissions. Though an ambition for the far future, its pursuit starts with deep emissions cuts over the next decade. Explainer by
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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@carbonbrief.org
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Gerry Flynn
7 months ago
For
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w. Nehru Pry: the case of Ouk Mao, an environmental journalist in
#Cambodia
whose reporting on forest crimes has seen him physically attacked, ignored by the police and sued by the government. His family had to move out after an anonymous caller threatened to burn down his home.
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Attacks on Cambodian environmental journalist continue to pile up
BANGKOKÂ â Ouk Mao, a Cambodian environmental journalist, was reporting on the continued logging of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary when he was attacked on March 24 by a group of men he identified, includ...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/attacks-on-cambodian-environmental-journalist-continue-to-pile-up/
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George Monbiot
8 months ago
This is a must-read article, by
@corbintrent.bsky.social
znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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The Right Builds Power. The Left Hosts Rallies. That's Why We Lose.
Bernie Sanders is back on the road. He's touring the country on an "anti-oligarchy" crusade, warning that billionaires are running the show and that we,
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-right-builds-power-the-left-hosts-rallies-thats-why-we-lose/
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elia ayoub
9 months ago
Israel is planning to bomb near two schools in Beirut. Both in session. Students are being evacuated in terror right now. Lycee des Arts and St Georges School. This is what the Israelis mean by âceasefireâ F- everyone who continues to support that barbaric, genocidal state
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Alex Morss đŠđŽââ ïžâŸïž
9 months ago
German police beating up women who were supporting Palestinian justice during an international womenâs march in Berlin on
#InternationalWomensDay
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Plundering Africa â Income deflation and unequal ecological exchange under structural adjustment programmes
roape.net/2025/02/28/p...
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Plundering Africa - Income deflation and unequal ecological exchange under structural adjustment programmes - ROAPE
Presenting new research, Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel mount a devastating critique of the impact of structural adjustment in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on recent data on Africaâs materi...
https://roape.net/2025/02/28/plundering-africa-income-deflation-and-unequal-ecological-exchange-under-structural-adjustment-programmes/
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The boss of a monopolist company who has workers in semi-slavery worldwide glorifies liberty and free market.
#Amazon
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Jeremy Cliffe
10 months ago
German public TV just published this poll of first-time voters. A massive lead for socialist Left party on 27%. Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average. So much for the âfar-right youthâ.
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#Germany
turning into an illiberal democracy. Under a supposedly left-wing government.
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Statement zur Ausladung von Albanese: âWo, wenn nicht an einer UniversitĂ€t?â
Die Freie UniversitÀt Berlin hat einen Vortrag der UN-Sonderberichterstatterin Francesca Albanese abgesagt. Der Freitag dokumentiert einen Aufruf von Wissenschaftsorganisationen und NGOs zur Verteidig...
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/statement-zur-ausladung-von-albanese-wo-wenn-nicht-an-einer-universitaet
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Patrick Galey
10 months ago
Last week Lula urged for swifter drilling for oil in the Amazon, this week Brazil announces it will join OPEC+ and the energy minister boasts about how much oil it produces. This is the quid pro quo petrostates accepted to host the last 3 COPs. Dealing our way to disaster
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Brazil will join OPEC+, group of oil-exporting nations, months before hosting UN climate summit | CBC News
Brazil's government on Tuesday approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations, signalling the country's evolution into a major oil state just nine months ahead of hosting the United Na...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/brazil-opec-oil-exports-climate-1.7461964?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-02-19&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+19+02+2025
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Lâemergenza strisciante dellâuniversitĂ - Jacobin Italia
Con il ritorno dellâausteritĂ si torna a intervenire sui contratti e sul funzionamento degli atenei in generale. Precarizzazione e accentramento di potere sono forme di governo della scarsitĂ di fondi
https://jacobinitalia.it/lemergenza-strisciante-delluniversita/
10 months ago
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David Ho
10 months ago
At least we don't have to read about this on a federal government website: At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. đ„đ§Ș
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Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Extreme heat is increasing in magnitude and frequency, threatening human health. This Review assesses mortality risk associated with extreme heat, revealing that human thermal tolerances (that is, unc...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00635-w
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Who is going to pay for climate inaction?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries
11 months ago
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The world is currently tracking the "Double Resources" scenario of the 1972 "Limits to Growth" report, in which collapse is driven by pollution rather than resource scarcity.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we expl...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00310-3/fulltext
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elia ayoub
12 months ago
At least 5 newborns have frozen to death in Gaza in the past week alone. 30 day old Juma al-Batran died in his fatherâs arms due to lack of heating and his twin is in medical care. These babies have never known any other existence. Their moms spent their entire pregnancies surviving a genocide.
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Is this a forest?
#Colombia
#Amazon
www.lasillavacia.com/silla-amazon...
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ÂżEsto es una selva?: viaje por el arco amazĂłnico controlado por âCalarcĂĄâ
La Silla viajĂł a CaquetĂĄ, Meta y Guaviare donde el uso de la tierra son el centro de los diĂĄlogos de paz con las disidencias de las Farc.
https://www.lasillavacia.com/silla-amazonia/esto-es-una-selva-viaje-por-el-arco-amazonico-controlado-por-calarca/
12 months ago
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Mark Grabowski
12 months ago
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
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I didn't sign up for a plutocracy.
www.politico.eu/article/cons...
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âPowerful consiglieriâ run von der Leyenâs Commission, EU transparency chief says
Emily OâReilly says she was ânever at easeâ with members of the presidentâs cabinet who are âintelligent peopleâ but ânot elected.â
https://www.politico.eu/article/consiglieri-ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-cabinet-ombudsman-emily-oreilly/
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Dave Vetter
12 months ago
đąThereâs now more man-made mass in the world than all living things combined. New research finds we're adding more fossil carbon to that mass at an accelerating pace - mostly in the form of plastics.
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New Research Reveals Carbon âTime Bombâ In Our Homes, Appliances
While emissions from burning fossil fuels get a lot of attention, surprisingly little is known about the growing quantity of fossil carbon in our buildings and products.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2024/12/20/new-research-reveals-carbon-time-bomb-in-our-homes-appliances/
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Joseph D. Ortiz
12 months ago
Or...
global.insure-our-future.com/worlds-large...
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World's largest reinsurer announces major new oil and gas policy - Insure Our Future Global
Today, Munich Re, the worldâs largest reinsurer, has taken a major step away from oil and gas. Munich Re has committed that as of 1 April 2023 it will no longer invest in or insure contracts/projects ...
https://global.insure-our-future.com/worlds-largest-reinsurer-announces-major-new-oil-and-gas-policy/
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Jehad Abusalim
12 months ago
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Justin Mikulka
about 1 year ago
We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.
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The archaeology of capital.
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about 1 year ago
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Damian Carrington
about 1 year ago
EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering, scientists say - European Commission scientific advisers say technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather
#ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering, scientists say
European Commission scientific advisers say technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/eu-should-ban-space-mirrors-and-other-solar-geoengineering-warn-scientists
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Italian PM Meloni has been pressing other countries to re-establish ties with Assad's regime...
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
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Why Giorgia Meloni is seeking to bring Assad in from the cold
As Brussels tries to tackle the migrant crisis, the Italian leader is pressing other nations to re-establish ties with Syria to deal with more than a million people displaced by the Israeli-Hezbollah ...
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/why-giorgia-meloni-is-seeking-to-bring-assad-in-from-the-cold-50vx9znfw
about 1 year ago
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Will Yeates
about 1 year ago
Israelâs war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
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Israelâs war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Human rights group says Israel âbrazenly, continuously and with total impunity ⊠unleashed hellâ on stripâs 2.3m population
https://buff.ly/3Vq3H4u
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Tim Baxter
about 1 year ago
Gorgon CCS is the world's largest pure carbon capture and storage operation. Since 2019, it has been weakly sputtering away out on Barrow Island at Australia's highest emitting industrial facility. You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure? A long article and accompanying đ§”
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Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the worldâs largest CCS facility
After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a mutedâŠ
https://medium.com/@timinclimate/gorgon-carbon-capture-and-storage-project-the-failure-of-the-worlds-largest-ccs-facility-d517de0ee176
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A working-class former history teacher now rules Uruguay.
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Uruguay election: opposition centre-left figure Yamandu Orsi wins presidential runoff
Former history teacher says the âhorizon is brighteningâ as all political rivals pledged to work together to move the country forward
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/uruguay-election-results-2024-yamandu-orsi-wins-presidential-runoff-alvaro-delgado
about 1 year ago
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Erin Sikorsky
about 1 year ago
A call to abolish climate summits âis dangerous and plays directly into the hands of populists like Trump, Milei, or the AfD, who seek to dismantle global climate protection. [These summits] are the âsole platform where poorer nations can directly challenge [the] US [and] EUâ (via
@carbonbrief.org
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(S+) Meinung: COP29 in Baku: Warum Uno-Klimagipfel weiterhin unverzichtbar sind
Selbst Menschen, denen Klimaschutz wichtig ist, halten die Uno-Gipfel inzwischen fĂŒr ĂŒberflĂŒssig. Die Baku-Konferenz gab ihnen Auftrieb. Doch bei allem Reformbedarf: Sie abzuschaffen, wĂ€re zutiefst an...
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/kommentar-zur-cop29-in-baku-warum-uno-klimagipfel-weiterhin-unverzichtbar-sind-a-c5be585b-a4a3-4e65-9488-ea806e29659b?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-11-25&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+25+11+2024
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Learn about degrowth. So next time you won't say it's about "going back to the bush" (cfr. Varoufakis).
degrowth.org/degrowth-onl...
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Degrowth Online Courses â degrowth.org
https://degrowth.org/degrowth-online-courses/
about 1 year ago
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PIK_climate
about 1 year ago
Too little, too late: The Baku Agreement fails on several accounts. The results are at best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster. Statements on the outcome of
#COP29
by PIK directors Johan Rockström and Ottmar Edenhofer:
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Samir Amin - The liberal virus (2003)
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Amy Westervelt
about 1 year ago
COP29 is wrapping up this week and people are (finally) calling for the process to be overhauled to *maybe* reduce oil industry influence over it. New documents we uncovered reveal they used a little known UN org to infiltrate from jump. First of three stories:
drilled.media/news/IPIECA1
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The Great COP Co-opting: New Documents Show Big Oil Has Been There All Along
As global leaders call for overhauling the COP process, new documents show itâs been flawed from the start.
https://drilled.media/news/IPIECA1
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Philip Gourevitch
about 1 year ago
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
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www.newarab.com/features/war...
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War and military emissions are the elephant in the room at COP29
Despite the escalating climate crisis, COP29 won't be discussing military emissions and the outsize role they are playing in the destruction of the planet
https://www.newarab.com/features/war-and-military-emissions-are-elephant-room-cop29
about 1 year ago
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Jessica Green
about 1 year ago
#COP29
: But, where can we get all that $$ for climate finance? Hmmm.... Gimme a minute.
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Reto Knutti
about 1 year ago
Softening the definition of Net Zero wonât stop global warming. As authors of the 2009 âNet Zero Papersâ we call on countries and companies to recognise the need for Geological Net Zero, balancing flows of carbon into and out of the Earthâs crust.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Countries could use nature to âcheatâ on net zero targets, scientists warn
By relying on natural carbon sinks such as forests and peatlands to offset emissions, governments can appear closer to goals than they actually are
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/countries-nature-cheat-net-zero-targets-paris-agreement-cop29
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A disgrace for Germany, for feminism, and for humanity.
jacobin.com/2024/11/germ...
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How German Imperialism Rebranded Itself as Feminist
Last year, Germanyâs Foreign Office spelled out guidelines for a âfeministâ foreign policy, focused on defending marginalized women. Today in Gaza, this same ministry is arming the deadliest war on wo...
https://jacobin.com/2024/11/germany-feminist-foreign-policy-gaza
about 1 year ago
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Josh Gabbatiss
about 1 year ago
"The world's first industrially drilled oil well, 1846" in Baku, Azerbaijan. Not far from the site of COP29, where countries have spent a week fighting about whether to bring the age of fossil fuels to an end.
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Ketan Joshi
about 1 year ago
I strongly suggest that you check out the
#COP29
website...
www.cop29.com
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Patrick Galey
about 1 year ago
Under Biden, the US became the largest petrostate in history. I'm not saying Trump won't be bad for the climate. But can we at least stop pretending that the US was ever good?
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Katharine Hayhoe
about 1 year ago
As a climate scientist, hereâs 3 things I wish everyone knew: 1. How much of our current warming is human-caused? All of it + then some. 2. What happens from year to year? Thatâs weather. For climate, see decadal trends. 3. Whatâs the most important thing you can do? Not recycling; this âŹïž
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Ketan Joshi
about 1 year ago
Something good - is how many researchers working on geo-engineering are proactively calling out the bozos trying to make a sort of new carbon market out of atmospheric modification
archive.ph/WGUhm
EG these folks:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.silverlining.ngo/insights/sci...
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"even if all people in the world have minimum access to resources and no more, the climate [boundary] would still be crossed by 2050, in the absence of technological and societal transformations" The Lancet Planetary Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary HealthâEarth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations
The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of the global commonsâie, the natural systems that support life on Earthâis exacerbating energy, food, and water insecurity, and ...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196%2824%2900042-1/fulltext
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"Unequal exchange [...] intensified in the 80s and 90s with the imposition of structural adjustment programmes [that] devalued Southern currencies, cut public employment and removed labour and environmental protections, imposing downward pressure on wages and prices"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Unequal exchange of labour in the world economy - Nature Communications
Hickel and colleagues find that, in 2021, the economies of the global North net-appropriated 826 billion hours of embodied labour from the global South, across all skill levels and sectors. Unequal ex...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49687-y
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PIK_climate
over 1 year ago
đEvaluation of
#climatepolicy
over 2 decades: A global PIK study of 1,500
#climatepolicies
, published in the journal Science, shows most failed to cut emissions. Only 63 cases saw a 19% average reduction. The key? Tax & price incentives in smart policies.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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