Legal mandates are critical to supporting action on sustainable development goals and climate change targets. Yet, new research highlights the importance of initial endowments for energy transitions, and how they can lead to disparate outcomes across regions.
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Eskander, S.M.S.U. The heterogeneity of energy transition. Nat Energy 7, 574–575 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01064-z
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