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Greenhouse-gas emissions targets to be discussed in Buenos Aires next month will have little effect on the potential impacts of climate change. We should be exploring ways of adapting to impacts, some of which are inevitable.
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Parry, M., Arnell, N., Hulme, M. et al. Adapting to the inevitable. Nature 395, 741 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/27316
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