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Science 23 October 2009:
Vol. 326. no. 5952, pp. 526 - 527
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177042
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Policy Forum

Climate Change:

Parallel Pursuit of Near-Term and Long-Term Climate Mitigation

Stacy C. Jackson

It is well accepted that reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is the lynchpin of any long-term climate stabilization strategy, because of the long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere (1). However, a focus on CO2 may prove ineffective in the near term without comparable attention to pollutants with shorter lifetimes (2).

Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

E-mail: stacyjackson{at}berkeley.edu

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