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