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    Sebastian Helgenberger, Martin Jänicke & Konrad Gürtler

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

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Helgenberger, S., Jänicke, M., Gürtler, K. (2019). Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71063-1_93-1

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