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Where mitigation and migration meet

Nature Climate Change volume 10, pages 493–494 (2020)Cite this article

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Climate migration involves complex interactions of environmental, social, political and economic factors. New research suggests that although wealthy global citizens try to prevent climate migration, they are willing to shoulder a greater share of the climate mitigation burden when extreme climate events hit poor countries.

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Kline, R. Where mitigation and migration meet. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 493–494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0796-y

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