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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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Authors and Affiliations

  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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  1. Roger Pielke Jr
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  2. Gwyn Prins
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  4. Daniel Sarewitz
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Correspondence to Daniel Sarewitz.

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Pielke, R., Prins, G., Rayner, S. et al. Lifting the taboo on adaptation. Nature 445, 597–598 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445597a

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