Nature Climate Change
Behrens, P., Abrams, J.F., Montgomery, H. et al. Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches. Nat. Clim. Chang. 16, 1118–1120 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02736-4
View Journal Article / Working PaperSecurity 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.
