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Immediate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Failing to rapidly reduce emissions could result in significant damage: loss of coastal lands to sea level rise, threatening more than a billion people; mass refugee migrations; famines; a wave of extinctions; and other impacts that will take an economic, ecological, and human toll.
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Harvey, H., Orvis, R., Rissman, J. (2018). Conclusion. In: Designing Climate Solutions. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-957-9_17
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