
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
April 2008
By:
Frances G. Sussman and J. Randall Freed
ICF International
This report outlines a sensible business approach to analyzing and adapting to the physical risks of climate change. It focuses on a critical first step in assessing these climate impacts: understanding the potential risks to business and the importance of taking action to mitigate those risks. Not all businesses need to take action now; this paper develops a qualitative screening process to assess whether a business is likely to be vulnerable to the physical risks associated with climate change, and whether a more detailed risk assessment is warranted.
Press Release [1]
Download entire report [2] (pdf)
Related Reading:
Adaptation Planning: What U.S. States and Localities are Doing [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.pewclimate.com/press-releases/04.16.08
[2] http://www.pewclimate.com/docUploads/Business-Adaptation.pdf
[3] http://www.pewclimate.com/working-papers/adaptation
[4] http://www.pewclimate.com/global-warming-in-depth/all_reports/corporate_strategies