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PQ3 (ACC)To what extent does the uncertainty of geographical patterns in temperature and precipitation change influence future climate impacts and response strategies?Atmospheric composition and climate
PQ3 (AEF)How can the implications of biofuels for land use and greenhouse gases be managed sustainably?Agricultural economy
PQ3 (AS)How can agricultural intensification increase global food production, and what policies will contribute to this?Land-use allocation
PQ3 (CG)How will agriculture affect the Earth system with respect to carbon emissions, freshwater availability and nutrient cycles?Crops and grass
PQ3 (CP)What is the effect of the NDCs on achieving the long term 2 ÂșC target?Climate policy
PQ3 (ED)How can energy efficiency contribute to reducing the growth rate of energy demand and mitigate pressures on the global environment?Energy demand
PQ3 (EGS)How could policy interventions influence the interaction between ecosystem services and other goals and ambitions, such as the millennium development goals?Ecosystem services
PQ3 (ES)How rapidly can the transition to more sustainable energy supply be made?Energy supply
PQ3 (ESD)How are these strategies affected by uncertainties in the energy system?Energy supply and demand
PQ3 (FM)What are the prospects for more sustainable forest management and the role of production in dedicated forest plantations?Forest management
PQ3 (FR)What would be suitable adaptation strategies and investment options related to flood risk?Flood risks
PQ3 (H)How can water demand be reduced and still provide the adequate service levels to the sectors with the highest demand?Water
PQ3 (HD)How is improved access to food, water and energy likely to contribute to human development?Human development
PQ3 (IF)How could response strategies limit environmental pressures and foster more sustainable development?IMAGE framework summary
PQ3 (LBP)What are the synergies and trade-offs between halting biodiversity loss, food security, reducing nutrient emissions, and reducing water stress?Land and biodiversity policies
PQ3 (LD)To what extent are ecosystem functions lost by soil degradation, adding to local and global concerns about food security, biodiversity loss and climate change?Land degradation
PQ3 (NVCC)What opportunities exist to reduce land-use related carbon emissions (e.g. REDD) and even enhance the carbon uptake through the establishment of new forests.Carbon cycle and natural vegetation
PQ3 (TB)How will nature conservation policies and measures to reduce the key pressure factors of biodiversity loss contribute to meeting the targets of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?Terrestrial biodiversity
PQ3 (VHA)What is the role of the terrestrial biosphere in the global carbon cycle, how will it change in time as a result of climate and land-use change?Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water
PQ3(NVCC)What are the contributions of land-use change, climate change and CO2 fertilization on the future carbon cycle and how can these be considered in climate policies?Carbon cycle and natural vegetation
PQ4 (CP)What are the trade-offs between mitigation costs, adaptation costs, and climate change damage?Climate policy
PQ4 (IF)What are the linkages between components of environmental change and human development? What are key uncertainties?IMAGE framework summary
PQ4 (VHA)What is the combined effect of climate change and socio-economic development on water demand and availability, and associated agricultural production?Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water