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A global safety net for climate-risk intelligence is urgently needed

Nature作者：Safdar Bashir2026年9月22日正文已收录本站
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  • Muhammad Adil1
  1. Safdar Bashir

    1. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.

  2. Muhammad Adil

    1. Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.

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The deadly glacier collapse and flash flood along the Nepal–China border in August exposed a persistent weakness in climate adaptation. Communities can face rapidly evolving hazards when national monitoring is sparse or risks emerge beyond political borders (see Nature https://doi.org/rmmc; 2026).

Nature 657, 1112 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02995-3

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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