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Climate-change research after Kyoto

A scientific consensus that humans are influencing the climatewill be behind any agreements on greenhouse-gas reductions nextmonth. But how can climate research have an optimal influenceon climate policy in the future?

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Hasselmann, K. Climate-change research after Kyoto. Nature 390, 225–226 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/36719

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