{"title":"Genetic diversity must be explicitly recognized in ecological restoration","authors":"Magdalene N. Ngeve","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02405-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02405-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"908-909"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Closing the flood insurance protection gap","authors":"June Choi","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02385-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02385-z","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is increasing financial impacts for households, yet flood insurance coverage remains insufficient. Now research affirms that there are still opportunities to substantially close the protection gap, in particular for disadvantaged groups.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"921-922"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Siddhartha Biswas, John Orellana-Li, David Zink
{"title":"Measuring flood underinsurance in the USA","authors":"Natee Amornsiripanitch, Siddhartha Biswas, John Orellana-Li, David Zink","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02396-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02396-w","url":null,"abstract":"Flood insurance could mitigate the negative shock from climate-induced disasters, yet many households are still not covered. Here, using data on expected flood damage and National Flood Insurance Program policies, we provide estimates of annual flood risk protection gaps and underinsurance among single-family residences in the contiguous USA. Annually, 70% (US$17.1 billion) of total flood losses would be uninsured. Underinsurance, defined as protection gaps among properties whose current coverage is under the optimal level, totals US$15.7 billion annually. Among at-risk households, 88% are underinsured and average underinsurance is US$7,208 per year. Underinsurance persists both inside and outside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s special flood hazard areas, suggesting frictions in the provision of risk information and regulatory compliance. Underinsurance falls disproportionately on low-income communities. At least 70% of at-risk households would benefit from purchasing flood insurance, even as prevailing prices rise. Homeowners could benefit from flood insurance to offset the negative impacts of climate-induced natural disasters. However, with detailed micro-level data, researchers find substantial protection gaps and underinsurance across the USA that disproportionately affect low-income households.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"971-977"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Streetscapes and heat tolerance","authors":"Sarah J. Lindley","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02416-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02416-9","url":null,"abstract":"During hot weather, dense urban areas are often not conducive to outdoor recreation. However, pedestrian tolerance to heat can be increased by almost 2 °C through more climate-sensitive streetscape design.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"919-920"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144840182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Menemenlis, G. A. Vecchi, Wenchang Yang, S. Fueglistaler, S. P. Raghuraman
{"title":"Publisher Correction: Consequential differences in satellite-era sea surface temperature trends across datasets","authors":"S. Menemenlis, G. A. Vecchi, Wenchang Yang, S. Fueglistaler, S. P. Raghuraman","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02422-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02422-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Correction to: <i>Nature Climate Change</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02362-6, published online 11 July 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transition risk in the banking sector","authors":"Marcin Kacperczyk","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02400-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02400-3","url":null,"abstract":"Estimating transition risk is important for the banking sector, yet current practices still rely on conceptual scenarios. Now, a study provides a concrete approach to help regulators calculate the immediate risk that banks face from exposure to climate policy shocks.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"923-924"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144796991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating energy transition solutions for climate targets with minerals constraint","authors":"Yi-Ming Wei, Lan-Cui Liu, Jia-Ning Kang, Yunlong Zhang, Song Peng, Hua Liao, Shuo Xu, Lutao Zhao, Haoben Yan, Xiangyan Qian, Qiao-Mei Liang, Yizhuo Ji, Xiaoxi Tian, Weiming Chen, Jiaquan Li, Hongkun Cui, Min Dai, Xiaoyu Li, Daisong Wang, Fang Yu, Jinhang Qi, Biying Yu","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02373-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02373-3","url":null,"abstract":"Urgent decarbonization is imperative, yet mineral scarcity may threaten low-carbon technology deployment, potentially challenging transition pathways. Here, through the analysis of 557 mitigation pathways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report using the Global Resource Evaluation of Abatement Technologies model, we systematically quantify demand and potential shortages for 40 minerals critical to 17 energy technologies. We find that all pathways may experience global shortages of up to 12 minerals by 2100 under the moderate scenario, with more severe shortages of indium, tin, cadmium and tellurium related to thin-film photovoltaic, wind and nuclear power (>50% of pathways). Regional disparities would intensify these risks, particularly in developing, resource-vulnerable regions (for example, the Middle East and Africa), with potential shortages reaching 24 minerals. Hence, we propose better solutions that balance emissions reduction with resource constraints and regional equity, revealing that decarbonization requires more than technological innovation. It demands the strategic integration of diversified energy technology portfolios, aggressive recycling, material substitution and global trade cooperation, alongside moderate gross domestic product growth. The decarbonization of energy systems requires access to minerals that are critical for manufacturing low-carbon technologies. Here researchers show that meeting climate targets could be impeded by material shortages, revealing the importance of diverse solutions that balance mitigation, equity and resource constraints.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 8","pages":"833-841"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144796992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ulrich Brand, Daniel Hausknost, Alina Brad, Gabriel Eyselein, Mathias Krams, Danyal Maneka, Melanie Pichler, Etienne Schneider
{"title":"Structural limitations of the decarbonization state","authors":"Ulrich Brand, Daniel Hausknost, Alina Brad, Gabriel Eyselein, Mathias Krams, Danyal Maneka, Melanie Pichler, Etienne Schneider","doi":"10.1038/s41558-025-02394-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-025-02394-y","url":null,"abstract":"To achieve net-zero climate targets, many states have ramped up ambitions to decarbonize their economies. Despite these aspirations, the emerging decarbonization state faces a serious implementation gap between ambitious targets and actual policies, intensified by climate backsliding pressure. We argue that a deeper understanding of the prevalent model of the liberal capitalist state and its basic functions (that is, ensuring economic growth, maintaining legitimacy and providing security) can help to explain this gap. We conceptualize the nascent decarbonization state as increasingly aiming to shift from fossil fuels towards renewable energy rather than merely improving existing technologies. This transformation of the state, however, challenges basic functions of the underlying liberal capitalist state model. Our analysis implies analytical and normative avenues for future research. The implementation gap between national climate targets and actual policies has been seen as a main barrier for decarbonization. Here researchers show it is rooted in the structural limitation of states and discuss future research directions to promote the emergence of transformative states.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"15 9","pages":"927-934"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}