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Research priorities to support local climate policy – Advanced Science News
Growing momentum for decentralized climate policy and the falling costs of low‐carbon technologies are creating new climate change mitigation opportunities for subnational actors.
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Momentum for local climate policy is growing. Across the world, cities, states, and provinces are making commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and invest in clean energy technologies. In the U.S., for example, state-level governments with emissions reduction targets represent a majority of the countrys population.
This groundswell of local action is driven by the urgency of the climate crisis and leadership gaps left by national governments, like …
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