Climate services have long sought to bridge the gap between climate science and improved societal decision-making. Now, a study finds that fulfilling that promise will require rethinking the norms, institutions and governance of science itself.
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Daly, M. Unfulfilled promise of better decisions. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 721–722 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01136-0
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