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discourse while remaining abstract for large parts of the public, climate change has
successfully moved to the fore of public attention. Therein lies, if it is linked adroitly
to other global issues of sustainability and sustainable development, the huge trans-
formative potential of the issue. A particular opportunity lies moreover in the emerg-
ing global discourse on climate change. Should it prove possible to construct a global
public sphere around the climate change issue, then the participation of civil society
in this and other issues of sustainable development would be greatly facilitated.

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