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Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches

Abstract:
Security analysts and government economists increasingly present policymakers with different pictures of the same climate and nature risk. We argue that governments need a shared way to weigh these assessments, particularly given that under-preparing for a severe, irreversible outcome costs far more than over-preparing.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41558-026-02736-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Divisional Administration
Sub department:
Oxford Martin School
Research group:
Oxford Martin School
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-2935-4799
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Biology
Oxford college:
Wadham College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-1880-6104


Publisher:
Springer Nature
Journal:
Nature Climate Change More from this journal
Volume:
16
Issue:
10
Pages:
1118-1120
Publication date:
2026-09-29
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EISSN:
1758-6798
ISSN:
1758-678X


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English
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Comment
Pubs id:
2465062
Local pid:
pubs:2465062
Source identifiers:
W7214774378
Deposit date:
2026-10-14
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