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Democratic participation benefits efforts to protect the climate. In response to growing hostility towards science, people in Paris and other cities took to the streets in the March for Science to demonstrate for academic freedom on 22 April 2017. © Augustin Le Gall/HAYTHAM-REA/laif

Democracy Boosts Climate Performance

Politicians tend to think in election cycles, but many of the measures aimed at mitigating...