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- ↑ Chris Goodall. Review: Surviving the Century Nature reports climate change, Vol. 5, October 2007.
- ↑ Tara Austin. Surviving the Century edited by Herbert Girardet The Ecologist , 10 December 2008.
- ↑ Herbert Girardet (editor) (2007). Surviving the century: facing climate chaos and other global challenges Earthscan.
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