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Cheap oil slows climate mitigation

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Oil prices are notoriously tricky to predict. This uncertainty could slow climate mitigation unless policymakers implement stringent climate policy.

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  1. Laurent Drouet is at the Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Corso Magenta 63, 20123 Milan, Italy, and at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Corso Magenta 63, 20123 Milan, Italy,

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Drouet, L. Cheap oil slows climate mitigation. Nature Clim Change 6, 660–661 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3064

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