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Influencing policymakers

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Policymakers play a critical role in the global response to climate change. Now, research reveals an effective visual strategy for communicating climate science to policymakers and climate negotiators.

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  1. Jiaying Zhao is at the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada,

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Zhao, J. Influencing policymakers. Nature Clim Change 7, 173–174 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3215

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