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The road ahead for the European Union's new climate adaptation strategy is a long and bumpy one, reports Sonja van Renssen.
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van Renssen, S. EU adaptation policy sputters and starts.Nature Clim Change 3, 614–615 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1943
- Published: 25 June 2013
- Issue date: July 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1943
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