# Preparing for cascading hazards in High Mountain Asia

**Authors:** Xin Wang, Xuanmei Fan, Kushanav Bhuyan

PMC · DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf523 · National Science Review · 2025-11-20

## TL;DR

This paper discusses how High Mountain Asia is a key region for understanding and preparing for climate-related risks due to its cryospheric changes.

## Contribution

The paper highlights High Mountain Asia as a model for global resilience against climate change.

## Key findings

- High Mountain Asia is identified as the global epicenter of cryospheric risk.
- The region is proposed as a model for building global resilience in a warming world.

## Abstract

High Mountain Asia stands out as the global epicentre of cryospheric risk, and is possible to provide a model for global resilience in a rapidly warming world. Typesetting of author information: set at the end of the article. use the same type as that of the Perspective articles.

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