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ArticleScience progress2021

World scientists' warnings into action, local to global.

Phoebe Barnard, William R Moomaw, Lorenzo Fioramonti, William F Laurance, Mahmoud I Mahmoud, Jane O'Sullivan, Christopher G Rapley, William E Rees, Christopher J Rhodes, William J Ripple and 5 more

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Article in Science progress, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Phoebe BarnardStable Planet Alliance, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3102-3139
William R MoomawFletcher School, Tufts University and Woodwell Climate Research Center, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2690-2339
Lorenzo FioramontiCenter for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9727-4643
William F LauranceCentre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-9408
Mahmoud I MahmoudNational Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-0432-0429
Jane O'SullivanSchool of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9762-6848
Christopher G RapleyDepartment of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2858-3661
William E ReesSchool of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1439-3162
Christopher J RhodesFresh-Lands Environmental Actions, Berkshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2929-4466
William J RippleDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, USA.
Igor P SemiletovLaboratory of Arctic Research, Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.ORCID 0000-0003-1741-6734
John TalberthCenter for Sustainable Economy, USA.
Christopher TuckerAmerican Geographical Society, USA.
Daphne WyshamMethane Action, USA.
Gina ZiervogelDepartment of Environmental and Geographic Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4219-6809

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

'We have kicked the can down the road once again - but we are running out of road.' - Rachel Kyte, Dean of Fletcher School at Tufts University.We, in our capacities as scientists, economists, governance and policy specialists, are shifting from warnings to guidance for action before there is no more 'road.' The science is clear and irrefutable; humanity is in advanced ecological overshoot. Our overexploitation of resources exceeds ecosystems' capacity to provide them or to absorb our waste. Society has failed to meet clearly stated goals of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Civilization faces an epochal crossroads, but with potentially much better, wiser outcomes if we act now.What are the concrete and transformative actions by which we can turn away from the abyss? In this paper we forcefully recommend priority actions and resource allocation to avert the worst of the

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PMCPMC10450599

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