Many countries are formulating a long-term climate strategy to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by 2020. Model-based, multi-disciplinary assessments can be a key ingredient for informing policy makers and engaging stakeholders in this process.
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Weitzel, M., Vandyck, T., Keramidas, K. et al. Model-based assessments for long-term climate strategies. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 345–347 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0453-5
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