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Integrated assessment modelling of degrowth scenarios for Australia

Mengyu Lia ISA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-1170View further author information
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Lorenz Keyßerb Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-9150View further author information
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Jarmo S. Kikstrag International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria;h Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, London, UK;i Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-1228View further author information
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Jason Hickelc Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;d International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics, London, UK;k Department of Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7490-9757View further author information
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Paul E. Brockwayf Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-8040View further author information
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Nicolas Daia ISA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5924-6326View further author information
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Arunima Malika ISA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia;e Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, Business School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4630-9869View further author information
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Manfred Lenzena ISA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia;j Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Received 13 Jul 2023, Published online: 30 Aug 2023

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