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Transition to a Safe Anthropocene (2017), Foreword to Well Under 2 ℃: Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change

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This Foreword to the report: Well under 2 ℃: Fast action policies to protect people and the planet from extreme climate was first published in 2017 by the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) and the Committee to Prevent Extreme Climate Change (CPECC); at: https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/well-under-2-degrees-celsius-fast-action-policies-protect-people-and-planet-extreme.

This Foreword to the report: Well under 2 ℃: Fast action policies to protect people and the planet from extreme climate was first published in 2017 by the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) and the Committee to Prevent Extreme Climate Change (CPECC); at: https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/well-under-2-degrees-celsius-fast-action-policies-protect-people-and-planet-extreme.

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Crutzen, P.J. (2021). Transition to a Safe Anthropocene (2017), Foreword to Well Under 2 ℃: Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change. In: Benner, S., Lax, G., Crutzen, P.J., Pöschl, U., Lelieveld, J., Brauch, H.G. (eds) Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82202-6_20

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