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Efforts to achieve emissions targets often fall short. Science can help meet the targets by assessing the feasibility of initiatives proposed to reach them, focusing on issues of adoption

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T.D was supported by Michigan AgBio Research. AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Social and Environmental Research Institute, Shelburne Falls, MA, USA Paul C. Stern * Department

of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Thomas Dietz * Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Thomas Dietz * Department of

Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Kristian S. Nielsen * School of International Affairs and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University,

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