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Research: Ten Years of the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society

Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments

Laura Pereiraa Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;b Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;c Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jan J. Kuiperc Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6655-9355View further author information
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Odirilwe Selomaneb Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;c Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-4221View further author information
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Ana Paula D. Aguiarc Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;d Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, BrazilView further author information
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Elena M. Bennettf Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-2925View further author information
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Reinette Biggsb Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;c Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-4149View further author information
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Katherine Calving Joint Global Change Research Institute/Pacific Northwest National Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAView further author information
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Steve Heddenh Pardee Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USAView further author information
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Jason Jabbourj Regional Office for North America, United Nations Environment Programme, Washington, DC, USA;k Technischen Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyView further author information
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Nicholas Kingl Research Unit for Environmental Assessment & Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaView further author information
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Alexandre C. Köberlem Energy Planning Program (Programa de Planejamento Energético, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;n Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, London, UKView further author information
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Paul Lucaso PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Jeanne Nelp Environmental Research, Wageningen University Research, Wageningen, Netherlands;q Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, George, South AfricaView further author information
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