Clean energy transition—our urgent challenge: an editorial assay

Editorial Commentary

John Byrne, Peter D. Lund

Published Online: Dec 28 2016

DOI: 10.1002/wene.243

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): a two‐decade history of policy performance.

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