Research for climate adaptation
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چکیده
Adaptation to climate change must be ramped up urgently. We propose three avenues transform ambition action: improve tracking of actions and progress, upscale investment especially in critical areas, accelerate learning through practice. This Comment proposes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Communications earth & environment
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2662-4435']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00294-5