Climate Change - Risk or Opportunity?
Environmental, Social and technological changes
Resource management, environmental degradation and global warming are now at the forefront of economic and social considerations globally.
Social and technological drivers are accelerating change across societies, technologies and the environment, creating tectonic shifts in business, urbanisation and wealth distribution. Population growth continues across the world and cities are burgeoning.
Strategy and business planning for a new world
Given the interconnectivity and synergy between these trends, the challenge for business leaders is to reconfigure their day-to-day operations in light of changing global trends and patterns. This is true for large companies and industries as well as small. New business opportunities will arise, while those businesses who fail to interpret the signs and adapt will fail.
At 37 Degrees South, we continuously monitor international policy developments of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change and other leading institutions, and have worked with government to develop an intimate understanding of these international and domestic policy settings.
Importantly, we have developed a practical track record of designing and implementing large scale innovative development projects that help clients develop adaptation strategies that offset new risks while exploiting new business opportunities.
We can help your organization successfully navigate these changing times.
Reports and Articles
- November 2007 - Emissions Trading System (ETS) Impacts for Maori Final Report
Resources For Further Reading (Off site links)
- Key to Climate
Australia's native forests store three times as much carbon as previously thought and could hold the key to tackling climate change.
- Account for Carbon
The findings represent a breakthrough in understanding the role of forests in long term carbon storage and in helping solve the climate change problem. The authors found that a new approach is needed to account for carbon stored in natural forests.
- National Action Plan
India has recently launched a National Action Plan on Climate Change, and we will be more than willing to share experiences.
- Generated Global Climate System
Understanding the scope and speed of climate change is a formidable problem for modern climate scientists. One way they approach this is to use historical observations of climate to generate computer models of the global climate system.
- China Climate Change
China is sometimes portrayed as an environmental and climate change ‘bad guy’ in the mainstream media. Here we focus on climate change, and attempt to show that the picture is more nuanced, as China is involved in several bi- and multi-lateral initiatives.
Good things come to those who don't wait.
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