A leadership forum could hasten understanding of complex problems, thanks to a historic meet-up of research pioneers.
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Palmer, L. Meeting the leadership challenges for interdisciplinary environmental research. Nat Sustain 1, 330–333 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0103-3
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