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Climate change education and research: possibilities and potentials versus problems and perils?

Alan ReidMonash University, Clayton, VIC, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 767-790 | Received 01 Jun 2019, Accepted 08 Sep 2019, Published online: 24 Sep 2019

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