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. 2020 Dec 1;55(6):364–365. doi: 10.1007/s10272-020-0934-9

The Climate Crisis Will Not Wait

Matilda Gettins 1,
PMCID: PMC7704587  PMID: 33281214

Abstract

Climate communication is an essential step towards changing the rules. Policies with a large-scale impact on the economy and individuals, such as a high carbon tax, must be justified in terms of their proportionality.

Footnotes

Matilda Gettins, Fridays for Future Munich, Germany.

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