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Research Article

From inclusion to epistemic belonging in international environmental expertise: learning from the institutionalisation of scenarios and models in IPBES

Pages 305-315 | Received 09 Dec 2020, Accepted 16 Jul 2021, Published online: 31 Jul 2021

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