New global model shows how to bring environmental pressures back to 2015 levels by 2050 (phys.org)

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The authors caution that the assumptions behind these scenarios are ambitious. "Systems are slow to change and we're modeling near-universal shifts—like widespread dietary changes—which may be overly optimistic given current global trends," they note.

"Nonetheless, the message is clear. We can still bend the curve," says Van Vuuren.

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