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Action on climate change requires deliberative framing at local governance level

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Despite successful examples of multilevel government leadership on climate change policy, many local officials still face a variety of barriers, including low public support, low resources, and political division. But perhaps most significant is lack of public discussion about climate change. We propose deliberative framing as a strategy to open the silence, bridge political division, identify common and divergent interests and values, and thereby devise collective responses to climate change.

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  1. See the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development webpage: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org

  2. See the draft report- http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15

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Romsdahl, R., Blue, G. & Kirilenko, A. Action on climate change requires deliberative framing at local governance level. Climatic Change 149, 277–287 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2240-0

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