Reducing personal climate anxiety is key to adaptation
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Mortreux, C., Barnett, J., Jarillo, S. et al. Reducing personal climate anxiety is key to adaptation. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01716-2
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