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Lifting the taboo on adaptation

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Renewed attention to policies for adapting to climate change cannot come too soon for Roger Pielke, Jr, Gwyn Prins, Steve Rayner and Daniel Sarewitz.

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  1. University of Colorado,

    Roger Pielke Jr

  2. London School of Economics and Columbia University,

    Gwyn Prins

  3. Oxford University's James Martin Institute,

    Steve Rayner

  4. Arizona State University,

    Daniel Sarewitz

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Correspondence to Daniel Sarewitz.

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