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The prevailing paradigm has been that climate variability and change can be projected decades or even a Century or more into the future (e.g. IPCC 1996, 2001). However, for several reasons — e.g. imperfect representation of the full complexity of the Earth System, nonlinear spatial and temporal feedbacks, and imperfect foresight of human behaviour, it may not be possible to assess the range of potential future climate change accurately.
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Pielke, R.A. (2004). Introduction. In: Kabat, P., et al. Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7_39
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