For the first time since the failed 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, momentum is building towards a new climate agreement. But expectations must be kept in check, and making expert advice more useful to the process will require engaging the social sciences more fully.
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Victor, D. Copenhagen II or something new. Nature Clim Change 4, 853–855 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2396
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