The possibility of important climate variables other than CO2 will get funding and become areas of interest. (wattsupwiththat.com)
First, the project defined the detailed specifications of a global land cover product matching the GCOS requirements (both for itself and as a surrogate for other important climate variables), achievable on a regular basis using the current EO systems and building on the FAO / UNEP LCCS for the sake of compatibility with other land cover products. (esa-landcover-cci.org)
This failure causes what is essentially a mistaken result to be misinterpreted as a direct relationship between important climate variables. (skepticalscience.com)