Adapting to Climate Change: 2.0 Enterprise Risk Management
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Main Author: Trexler, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London DoSustainability 2013
Series:DoShorts
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Abstract; About the Authors; Chapter 1; Introduction; Chapter 2; Climate Change Adaptation: An Overview; What will we have to adapt to?; Are there limits to adaptation?; Chapter 3; Setting the Business Stage for Adaptation; Climate change mitigation versus climate change adaptation; The growing business recognition of adaptation as a need; CHAPTER 4; A Closer Look at Business Adaptation Challenges and Needs; Barriers to corporate climate change adaptation; Adapting to the weather or to climate change?; What does adapting to climate change require?; The basics of forecasting climate change
Addressing forecasting uncertaintyDecision-making uncertainty in adaptation planning; Chapter 5; An 'Adaptive' Approach to Managing Physical Climate Risks; Adapt to the weather and to climate change; The importance of executive leadership; Chapter 6; Conclusions; Notes
Most companies do not yet recognize what it means to adapt to future climate change, and do not yet see it as a business priority. This DoShort tackles two key questions facing decision makers: 1) Is adaptation worth it to me? and 2) If it is worth it, can I really tackle it?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (79 pages)
ISBN:9781909293465
1909293466
9781909293472
1909293474

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