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Identifying critical intervention points for the prevention of cascading climate impacts

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Bridging traditional disciplinary silos, a study has mapped cascading climate risks to the European Union through stakeholder-co-produced impact chains and network analysis. It provides country-specific risk profiles by identifying critical intervention points — such as water, livelihoods or violent conflict — to support policy coherence in addressing interconnected vulnerabilities and guiding targeted adaptation.

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Fig. 1: Countries clustered by similarity of critical intervention points for adaptation to cascading climate impacts.

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This is a summary of: Auer, C. et al. Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02455-2 (2025).

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