The home page offers users a very high level overview of the kinds of issues important to the climate change debate, and links to the major functional pieces of the system.
Proposed new text for home page:
" The Climate Collaboratorium allows large groups of people to work together in developing plans to address climate change.
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Your ideas matter! Anyone from experts to policy makers to concerned citizens can add their perspective. Even the smallest contribution can play a part in creating a solution to this pressing problem. For more on how the system works, see About the Collaboratorium
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