Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02713-xGrowing extreme weather poses escalating threats to urban functionality. This study shows that higher network centrality and stronger ties to wealthier cities enhance intracity mobility resilience during extreme rainfall, with larger benefits for smaller and poorer cities from targeted investment.
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Intercity connectivity enhances urban mobility resilience to extreme rainfall
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Nature & Climate Perspective
**Intercity connectivity acts as a critical climate adaptation buffer, safeguarding localized ecological zones and stabilizing regional LULUCF carbon pools during extreme weather events. **
- Minimizes soil erosion and land degradation around transport corridors during heavy precipitation, protecting adjacent soil organic carbon stocks.
- Reduces localized pressure on urban green spaces and wetlands, allowing these ecosystems to function as natural flood mitigation barriers.
- Promotes long-term ecological stability by integrating climate-resilient transit corridors that prevent fragmented wildlife habitats and preserve biodiversity migration pathways.
Market & Policy Outlook
**Resilient infrastructure networks directly reduce corporate Scope 3 supply chain volatility and align transition-finance projects with ICVCM additionality standards. **
- Contrasting with ICVCM CCPs, mobility resilience projects require rigorous baseline methodologies to prove additionality, ensuring carbon finance targets genuine avoided emissions rather than standard infrastructure upgrades.
- Enables corporations to secure their SBTi Scope 3 decarbonization pathways by preventing transport disruptions and subsequent reliance on carbon-intensive emergency logistics.
- Strengthens sovereign policy alignment under Article 6.2, opening new avenues for ITMO transfers linked to resilient, low-carbon municipal transport infrastructure.
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