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Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health: Wealthy Nations Must do Much More, Much Faster Cover

Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health: Wealthy Nations Must do Much More, Much Faster

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|Sep 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.6218 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 11, 2021
Accepted on: Aug 11, 2021
Published on: Sep 6, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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