“UK Experts Warn: Underpreparing for Climate Risks Costs More Than Overpreparing” — what this page in the network covers. Leading experts across climate, nature, health, national security, and financial risk are urging the UK government to adopt a more integrated approach to assessing climate and nature risks. In a commentary published in Nature Climate Change, they caution that conflicting advice from different fields In a commentary published in Nature Climate Change, they caution that conflicting advice from different fields can give policymakers inconsistent pictures of how severe future risks may be, making it difficult to decide how urgently to act and how much to invest.
The authors argue that the cost of underpreparing for severe climate impacts is likely to be far greater than the cost of overpreparing. By bringing together diverse expertise, the government could better understand the interconnected threats and avoid costly mistakes. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.