Palaeoperspectives on global sustainability

Exploration of palaeoclimate is a challenge for both data and modelling scientific communities. Among scientists, there are sometimes different opinions about the reliability of palaeodata and model simulations. However, in one point there is a strong consensus between both communities: the past, on different time scales, provides us with the best way of validating climate models. Until we can successfully “predict” the past, our models cannot be relied upon for the future. This article discusses research on a broad spectrum of palaeodata archives (icecore, marine, terrestrial and palynological), as well as climate modelling. Palaeoperspectives on Global Sustainability