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detailed assessments of concrete policy challenges in particular locales are still
awaited.
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This chapter demonstrates both that there is a long-standing claim for the
geopolitics of climate change to be treated more seriously, but also that guidance
remains uncertain over what this means in concrete policy terms.
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