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Impacts on climate change views

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Climate researchers and educators must recognize legitimate disagreements about the risks of climate change, and should support informed dialogue about value-laden choices.

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  1. Paul C. Stern is at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA, and is also affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Social and Environmental Research Institute,

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Stern, P. Impacts on climate change views. Nature Clim Change 6, 341–342 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2970

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