The author wishes to correct and complete the 'acknowledgements' as follows: <P>The scenarios described in this paper have been developed by the ALARM scenario team, with contributions from Andrea Stocker and Ines Omann (economic modelling), Tim Carter, Stefan Fronzek, Kirsti Jylha (climate data...</p>

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