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The suspicion is well-founded, that the Earth is heading for a climate catastrophe for which we human beings could well be responsible. The causes are to a large extent inertia and ignorance but almost always a false understanding of economic and technical development.
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Brandt, W. (1990). Opening Lecture Climate, Society and the Historical Development. In: Karpe, HJ., Otten, D., Trinidade, S.C. (eds) Climate and Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45670-1_4
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