Humans rely on the social tool of reputation in many of their relationships; now its power should be deployed at the intergovernment level to help provoke action on climate change.
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Whitfield, J. Green status. Nature Clim Change 1, 323–325 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1226
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